#A99E55#A99E55

#A99E55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.095 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E55
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 49.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -6.12, 39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 39.77, 98.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0179 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.095 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2296, 33.5456, 13.4752)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E55 #5560A9

analogous

#A97455 #A99E55 #8AA955

triadic

#A99E55 #55A99E #9E55A9

tetradic

#A99E55 #55A974 #5560A9 #A9558A

square

#A99E55 #55A974 #5560A9 #A9558A

split-complementary

#A99E55 #558AA9 #7455A9

monochromatic

#58522C #807841 #A99E55 #BEB57D #D2CDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A99E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#A99E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E55

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E55	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.095 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ba86',
    500: '#a99e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e55;
$custom-light: #c4ba86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.143,
    "s": 33.071,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69272,
    "c": 0.0953,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E55

secondary

#9A9FC0

accent

#6DC95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E55

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

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