#A99A21#A99A21

#A99A21 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	#A99A21
RGB	rgb(169, 154, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, -7.31, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 60.38, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.0271 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.133 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1937, 31.6573, 6.0640)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99A21 #2130A9

analogous

#A95621 #A99A21 #74A921

triadic

#A99A21 #21A99A #9A21A9

tetradic

#A99A21 #21A956 #2130A9 #A92174

square

#A99A21 #21A956 #2130A9 #A92174

split-complementary

#A99A21 #2174A9 #5621A9

monochromatic

#433D0D #766B17 #A99A21 #D7C431 #E1D364

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A99A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#A99A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99A21

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99A21	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)

#AD9B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 154, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.133 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b768',
    500: '#a99a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99a21;
$custom-light: #c7b768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.382,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67906,
    "c": 0.13261,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99A21

secondary

#606BC6

accent

#51EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99A21

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

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