#A99E44#A99E44

#A99E44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.112 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E44
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 59.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, -7.55, 47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 48.00, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.024 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.112 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6335, 33.3072, 10.3357)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E44 #444FA9

analogous

#A96C44 #A99E44 #82A944

triadic

#A99E44 #44A99E #9E44A9

tetradic

#A99E44 #44A96C #444FA9 #A94482

square

#A99E44 #44A96C #444FA9 #A94482

split-complementary

#A99E44 #4482A9 #6C44A9

monochromatic

#524C21 #7D7532 #A99E44 #C2B868 #D4CD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A99E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#A99E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E44

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E44	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB993A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.112 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ba7b',
    500: '#a99e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e44;
$custom-light: #c5ba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.465,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69058,
    "c": 0.11193,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E44

secondary

#898FBF

accent

#63D255

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E44

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

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