#A99230#A99230

#A99230 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.118 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99230
RGB	rgb(169, 146, 48)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 71.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.96, -2.35, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.96, 52.62, 92.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% -0.0115 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.118 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1759, 29.2076, 7.0019)
Luminance	0.2921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99230 #3047A9

analogous

#A95630 #A99230 #83A930

triadic

#A99230 #30A992 #9230A9

tetradic

#A99230 #30A956 #3047A9 #A93083

square

#A99230 #30A956 #3047A9 #A93083

split-complementary

#A99230 #3083A9 #5630A9

monochromatic

#4A4015 #796922 #A99230 #CCB34A #D9C77A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#A99230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#A99230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A99230

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99230	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 146, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.118 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b16e',
    500: '#a99230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99230;
$custom-light: #c6b16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.595,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66273,
    "c": 0.11766,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99230

secondary

#7382C2

accent

#65DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99230

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

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