#A99A20#A99A20

#A99A20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.133 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99A20
RGB	rgb(169, 154, 32)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 81.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, -7.35, 60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 60.68, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.0273 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.133 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1799, 31.6518, 5.9913)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99A20 #202FA9

analogous

#A95620 #A99A20 #73A920

triadic

#A99A20 #20A99A #9A20A9

tetradic

#A99A20 #20A956 #202FA9 #A92073

square

#A99A20 #20A956 #202FA9 #A92073

split-complementary

#A99A20 #2073A9 #5620A9

monochromatic

#423C0D #766B16 #A99A20 #D8C52F #E1D362

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A99A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#A99A20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99A20

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99A20	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 154, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.133 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b768',
    500: '#a99a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99a20;
$custom-light: #c7b768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.431,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.679,
    "c": 0.13309,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99A20

secondary

#5F6AC6

accent

#50EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99A20

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

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