#A99921#A99921

#A99921 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.132 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99921
RGB	rgb(169, 153, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, -6.78, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 60.07, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.0256 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.132 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0293, 31.3286, 6.0092)
Luminance	0.3133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99921 #2131A9

analogous

#A95521 #A99921 #75A921

triadic

#A99921 #21A999 #9921A9

tetradic

#A99921 #21A955 #2131A9 #A92175

square

#A99921 #21A955 #2131A9 #A92175

split-complementary

#A99921 #2175A9 #5521A9

monochromatic

#433C0D #766B17 #A99921 #D7C331 #E1D264

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A99921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#A99921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99921

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99921	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 153, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.132 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b668',
    500: '#a99921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99921;
$custom-light: #c7b668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67687,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99921

secondary

#606CC6

accent

#52EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99921

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

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