#A99E4E#A99E4E

#A99E4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.102 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E4E
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 53.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -6.75, 42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 43.24, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.0205 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.102 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9651, 33.4399, 12.0824)
Luminance	0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E4E #4E59A9

analogous

#A9704E #A99E4E #86A94E

triadic

#A99E4E #4EA99E #9E4EA9

tetradic

#A99E4E #4EA970 #4E59A9 #A94E86

square

#A99E4E #4EA970 #4E59A9 #A94E86

split-complementary

#A99E4E #4E86A9 #704EA9

monochromatic

#555027 #7F773B #A99E4E #BFB675 #D3CC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A99E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#A99E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E4E

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E4E	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.102 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ba82',
    500: '#a99e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e4e;
$custom-light: #c5ba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.747,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69177,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E4E

secondary

#9399BF

accent

#69CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E4E

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

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