#A99E61#A99E61

#A99E61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.082 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E61
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 30%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 43%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 42.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -4.89, 33.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 33.63, 98.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0132 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.082 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7474, 33.7528, 16.2022)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E61 #616CA9

analogous

#A97A61 #A99E61 #90A961

triadic

#A99E61 #61A99E #9E61A9

tetradic

#A99E61 #61A97A #616CA9 #A96190

square

#A99E61 #61A97A #616CA9 #A96190

split-complementary

#A99E61 #6190A9 #7A61A9

monochromatic

#5D5733 #857B48 #A99E61 #BFB689 #D4CFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A99E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#A99E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E61

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E61	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99B5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.082 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ba8f',
    500: '#a99e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e61;
$custom-light: #c4ba8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 29.508,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69457,
    "c": 0.08201,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E61

secondary

#A3A8C3

accent

#71C662

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E61

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

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