#A99E72#A99E72

#A99E72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.062 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E72
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 114)
HSL	hsl(48, 24%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 33%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 32.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -2.86, 24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 24.65, 96.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0062 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.062 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6267, 34.1045, 20.8331)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E72 #727DA9

analogous

#A98272 #A99E72 #98A972

triadic

#A99E72 #72A99E #9E72A9

tetradic

#A99E72 #72A982 #727DA9 #A97298

square

#A99E72 #72A982 #727DA9 #A97298

split-complementary

#A99E72 #7298A9 #8272A9

monochromatic

#645C3D #8A7F54 #A99E72 #C0B898 #D7D2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A99E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#A99E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E72

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E72	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9F73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.062 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ba9b',
    500: '#a99e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e72;
$custom-light: #c3ba9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 24.229,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69769,
    "c": 0.06154,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E72

secondary

#B0B5C7

accent

#79C167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E72

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

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