#A99E2E#A99E2E

#A99E2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.129 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E2E
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, -8.90, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 57.27, 98.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.0303 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.129 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0834, 33.0872, 7.4387)
Luminance	0.3309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E2E #2E39A9

analogous

#A9612E #A99E2E #77A92E

triadic

#A99E2E #2EA99E #9E2EA9

tetradic

#A99E2E #2EA961 #2E39A9 #A92E77

square

#A99E2E #2EA961 #2E39A9 #A92E77

split-complementary

#A99E2E #2E77A9 #612EA9

monochromatic

#494414 #797121 #A99E2E #CDC147 #DAD177

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A99E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#A99E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E2E

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E2E	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC991B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.129 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba6f',
    500: '#a99e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e2e;
$custom-light: #c6ba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68861,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E2E

secondary

#7178C2

accent

#55E047

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E2E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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