#A99524#A99524

#A99524 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.127 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99524
RGB	rgb(169, 149, 36)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 78.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.70, -4.52, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.70, 57.93, 94.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% -0.0189 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.127 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4295, 30.0587, 6.0258)
Luminance	0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99524 #2438A9

analogous

#A95224 #A99524 #7BA924

triadic

#A99524 #24A995 #9524A9

tetradic

#A99524 #24A952 #2438A9 #A9247B

square

#A99524 #24A952 #2438A9 #A9247B

split-complementary

#A99524 #247BA9 #5224A9

monochromatic

#443C0F #776919 #A99524 #D4BC36 #DFCD68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#A99524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#A99524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99524

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99524	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)

#A49108

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 149, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.127 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b369',
    500: '#a99524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99524;
$custom-light: #c7b369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66836,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99524

secondary

#6473C5

accent

#59E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99524

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

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