#A99E45#A99E45

#A99E45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.111 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E45
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 59.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, -7.47, 46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 47.54, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.0237 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.111 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6643, 33.3195, 10.4978)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E45 #4550A9

analogous

#A96C45 #A99E45 #82A945

triadic

#A99E45 #45A99E #9E45A9

tetradic

#A99E45 #45A96C #4550A9 #A94582

square

#A99E45 #45A96C #4550A9 #A94582

split-complementary

#A99E45 #4582A9 #6C45A9

monochromatic

#524D22 #7E7533 #A99E45 #C2B869 #D4CD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A99E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#A99E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E45

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E45	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)

#AB993C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.111 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ba7c',
    500: '#a99e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e45;
$custom-light: #c5ba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.4,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6907,
    "c": 0.11103,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E45

secondary

#8A90BF

accent

#64D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E45

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

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