#A99424#A99424

#A99424 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.126 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99424
RGB	rgb(169, 148, 36)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 78.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, -3.98, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 57.65, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% -0.0174 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.126 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2719, 29.7436, 5.9733)
Luminance	0.2974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99424 #2439A9

analogous

#A95124 #A99424 #7CA924

triadic

#A99424 #24A994 #9424A9

tetradic

#A99424 #24A951 #2439A9 #A9247C

square

#A99424 #24A951 #2439A9 #A9247C

split-complementary

#A99424 #247CA9 #5124A9

monochromatic

#443C0F #776819 #A99424 #D4BB36 #DFCC68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A99424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#A99424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A99424

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99424	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39009

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 148, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.126 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b369',
    500: '#a99424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99424;
$custom-light: #c7b369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6662,
    "c": 0.12643,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99424

secondary

#6473C5

accent

#5AE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EB

border

#D2CFC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99424

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

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