#A99023#A99023

#A99023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.124 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99023
RGB	rgb(169, 144, 35)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, -1.84, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 56.89, 91.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% -0.0115 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.124 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6403, 28.5044, 5.6885)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99023 #233CA9

analogous

#A94D23 #A99023 #7FA923

triadic

#A99023 #23A990 #9023A9

tetradic

#A99023 #23A94D #233CA9 #A9237F

square

#A99023 #23A94D #233CA9 #A9237F

split-complementary

#A99023 #237FA9 #4D23A9

monochromatic

#443A0E #766519 #A99023 #D5B734 #DFC967

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#A99023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#A99023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A99023

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99023	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 144, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.124 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b068',
    500: '#a99023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99023;
$custom-light: #c7b068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65755,
    "c": 0.12415,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99023

secondary

#6375C5

accent

#5FE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99023

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

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