#A99E53#A99E53

#A99E53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.097 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E53
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 50.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -6.30, 40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 40.77, 98.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0187 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.097 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1513, 33.5143, 13.0626)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E53 #535EA9

analogous

#A97353 #A99E53 #89A953

triadic

#A99E53 #53A99E #9E53A9

tetradic

#A99E53 #53A973 #535EA9 #A95389

square

#A99E53 #53A973 #535EA9 #A95389

split-complementary

#A99E53 #5389A9 #7353A9

monochromatic

#57512B #80783F #A99E53 #BEB67B #D2CCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A99E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#A99E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E53

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E53	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.097 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ba85',
    500: '#a99e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e53;
$custom-light: #c4ba85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.326,
    "s": 34.127,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69244,
    "c": 0.09739,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E53

secondary

#989DC0

accent

#6BCA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E53

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

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