#A99E62#A99E62

#A99E62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.081 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E62
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 29%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 42%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 42%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -4.78, 32.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 33.11, 98.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0128 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.081 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7943, 33.7715, 16.4493)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E62 #626DA9

analogous

#A97A62 #A99E62 #91A962

triadic

#A99E62 #62A99E #9E62A9

tetradic

#A99E62 #62A97A #626DA9 #A96291

square

#A99E62 #62A97A #626DA9 #A96291

split-complementary

#A99E62 #6291A9 #7A62A9

monochromatic

#5D5733 #857C49 #A99E62 #BFB68A #D4CFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A99E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#A99E62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E62

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E62	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)

#A99B5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.081 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ba8f',
    500: '#a99e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e62;
$custom-light: #c4ba8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 29.218,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69474,
    "c": 0.08085,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E62

secondary

#A4A9C3

accent

#72C562

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E62

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

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