#A99E46#A99E46

#A99E46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.110 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E46
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 70)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 58.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, -7.40, 46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 47.07, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.0233 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.11 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6956, 33.3320, 10.6627)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E46 #4651A9

analogous

#A96C46 #A99E46 #83A946

triadic

#A99E46 #46A99E #9E46A9

tetradic

#A99E46 #46A96C #4651A9 #A94683

square

#A99E46 #46A96C #4651A9 #A94683

split-complementary

#A99E46 #4683A9 #6C46A9

monochromatic

#524D22 #7E7634 #A99E46 #C2B86B #D3CD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A99E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#A99E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E46

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E46	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB993D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.110 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ba7d',
    500: '#a99e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e46;
$custom-light: #c5ba7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 41.423,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69081,
    "c": 0.11012,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E46

secondary

#8B91BF

accent

#64D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E46

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

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