#A0991B#A0991B

#A0991B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.135 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0991B
RGB	rgb(160, 153, 27)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 83.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, -11.02, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 61.37, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% -0.0375 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.135 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0874, 30.3362, 5.5180)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0991B #1B22A0

analogous

#A0571B #A0991B #65A01B

triadic

#A0991B #1BA099 #991BA0

tetradic

#A0991B #1BA057 #1B22A0 #A01B65

square

#A0991B #1BA057 #1B22A0 #A01B65

split-complementary

#A0991B #1B65A0 #571BA0

monochromatic

#373509 #6C6712 #A0991B #D4CB24 #E2DB53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#A0991B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#A0991B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0991B

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0991B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0991B	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0991b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 153, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.135 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b665',
    500: '#a0991b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0991b;
$custom-light: #c0b665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0991b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66816,
    "c": 0.13535,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0991B

secondary

#5258C5

accent

#43EE3A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0991B

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

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