#A99E40#A99E40

#A99E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.115 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E40
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 62.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -7.84, 49.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 49.82, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.0253 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.115 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5156, 33.2600, 9.7146)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E40 #404BA9

analogous

#A96940 #A99E40 #7FA940

triadic

#A99E40 #40A99E #9E40A9

tetradic

#A99E40 #40A969 #404BA9 #A9407F

square

#A99E40 #40A969 #404BA9 #A9407F

split-complementary

#A99E40 #407FA9 #6940A9

monochromatic

#504B1E #7D742F #A99E40 #C4BA62 #D5CD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A99E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#A99E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E40

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E40	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.115 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ba79',
    500: '#a99e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e40;
$custom-light: #c5ba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.714,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69016,
    "c": 0.11541,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E40

secondary

#858BC0

accent

#61D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E40

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

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