#A99E48#A99E48

#A99E48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.108 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E48
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 72)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 57.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, -7.24, 45.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 46.13, 99.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% -0.0227 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.108 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7598, 33.3577, 11.0007)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E48 #4853A9

analogous

#A96E48 #A99E48 #84A948

triadic

#A99E48 #48A99E #9E48A9

tetradic

#A99E48 #48A96E #4853A9 #A94884

square

#A99E48 #48A96E #4853A9 #A94884

split-complementary

#A99E48 #4884A9 #6E48A9

monochromatic

#534E23 #7E7636 #A99E48 #C1B76D #D3CD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A99E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#A99E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E48

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E48	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)

#AB993F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.108 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ba7e',
    500: '#a99e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e48;
$custom-light: #c5ba7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.196,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69104,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E48

secondary

#8D93BF

accent

#65D058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E48

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

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