#A99231#A99231

#A99231 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.117 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99231
RGB	rgb(169, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 71%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, -2.29, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 52.22, 92.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% -0.0112 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.117 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1968, 29.2160, 7.1119)
Luminance	0.2922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99231 #3148A9

analogous

#A95631 #A99231 #84A931

triadic

#A99231 #31A992 #9231A9

tetradic

#A99231 #31A956 #3148A9 #A93184

square

#A99231 #31A956 #3148A9 #A93184

split-complementary

#A99231 #3184A9 #5631A9

monochromatic

#4A4015 #7A6923 #A99231 #CBB34C #D9C77C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#A99231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#A99231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A99231

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99231	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)

#A18F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.117 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b16f',
    500: '#a99231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99231;
$custom-light: #c6b16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66282,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99231

secondary

#7483C1

accent

#66DE49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99231

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

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