#A99321#A99321

#A99321 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.127 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99321
RGB	rgb(169, 147, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, -3.55, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 58.34, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% -0.0165 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.127 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0719, 29.4137, 5.6900)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99321 #2137A9

analogous

#A94F21 #A99321 #7BA921

triadic

#A99321 #21A993 #9321A9

tetradic

#A99321 #21A94F #2137A9 #A9217B

square

#A99321 #21A94F #2137A9 #A9217B

split-complementary

#A99321 #217BA9 #4F21A9

monochromatic

#433A0D #766617 #A99321 #D7BC31 #E1CC64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#A99321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#A99321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A99321

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99321	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 147, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.127 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b267',
    500: '#a99321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99321;
$custom-light: #c7b267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66387,
    "c": 0.12724,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99321

secondary

#6070C6

accent

#5AEA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EB

border

#D2CFC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99321

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

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