#A99F40#A99F40

#A99F40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.116 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99F40
RGB	rgb(169, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 62.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, -8.37, 49.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 50.20, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0268 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.116 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6868, 33.6026, 9.7717)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99F40 #404AA9

analogous

#A96A40 #A99F40 #7EA940

triadic

#A99F40 #40A99F #9F40A9

tetradic

#A99F40 #40A96A #404AA9 #A9407E

square

#A99F40 #40A96A #404AA9 #A9407E

split-complementary

#A99F40 #407EA9 #6A40A9

monochromatic

#504B1E #7D752F #A99F40 #C4BA62 #D5CE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A99F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#A99F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99F40

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99F40	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.116 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb79',
    500: '#a99f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99f40;
$custom-light: #c5bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69235,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99F40

secondary

#858BC0

accent

#5FD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99F40

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

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