#A99523#A99523

#A99523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.128 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99523
RGB	rgb(169, 149, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.70, -4.56, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.70, 58.26, 94.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.0191 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.128 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4144, 30.0527, 5.9465)
Luminance	0.3005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99523 #2337A9

analogous

#A95223 #A99523 #7AA923

triadic

#A99523 #23A995 #9523A9

tetradic

#A99523 #23A952 #2337A9 #A9237A

square

#A99523 #23A952 #2337A9 #A9237A

split-complementary

#A99523 #237AA9 #5223A9

monochromatic

#443C0E #766819 #A99523 #D5BD34 #DFCE67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#A99523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#A99523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99523

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99523	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49106

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 149, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.128 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b368',
    500: '#a99523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99523;
$custom-light: #c7b368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6683,
    "c": 0.12769,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99523

secondary

#6371C5

accent

#58E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99523

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

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