#A99A2E#A99A2E

#A99A2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.125 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99A2E
RGB	rgb(169, 154, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, -6.77, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 55.91, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% -0.0243 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.125 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4122, 31.7448, 7.2150)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99A2E #2E3DA9

analogous

#A95D2E #A99A2E #7BA92E

triadic

#A99A2E #2EA99A #9A2EA9

tetradic

#A99A2E #2EA95D #2E3DA9 #A92E7B

square

#A99A2E #2EA95D #2E3DA9 #A92E7B

split-complementary

#A99A2E #2E7BA9 #5D2EA9

monochromatic

#494214 #796E21 #A99A2E #CDBD47 #DACE77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A99A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#A99A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99A2E

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99A2E	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9951C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 154, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.125 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b76e',
    500: '#a99a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99a2e;
$custom-light: #c6b76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67986,
    "c": 0.12531,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99A2E

secondary

#717BC2

accent

#5AE047

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99A2E

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

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