#A99A23#A99A23

#A99A23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.132 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99A23
RGB	rgb(169, 154, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -7.24, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 59.76, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% -0.0267 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.132 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2225, 31.6689, 6.2159)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99A23 #2332A9

analogous

#A95723 #A99A23 #75A923

triadic

#A99A23 #23A99A #9A23A9

tetradic

#A99A23 #23A957 #2332A9 #A92375

square

#A99A23 #23A957 #2332A9 #A92375

split-complementary

#A99A23 #2375A9 #5723A9

monochromatic

#443E0E #766C19 #A99A23 #D5C334 #DFD267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A99A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#A99A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99A23

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99A23	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)

#A99502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 154, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.132 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b769',
    500: '#a99a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99a23;
$custom-light: #c7b769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.284,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67916,
    "c": 0.13164,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99A23

secondary

#636EC5

accent

#52E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99A23

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

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