#A99A31#A99A31

#A99A31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.123 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99A31
RGB	rgb(169, 154, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 71%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -6.61, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 54.75, 96.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0235 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.123 101)
XYZ	xyz(28.4734, 31.7692, 7.5374)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99A31 #3140A9

analogous

#A95E31 #A99A31 #7CA931

triadic

#A99A31 #31A99A #9A31A9

tetradic

#A99A31 #31A95E #3140A9 #A9317C

square

#A99A31 #31A95E #3140A9 #A9317C

split-complementary

#A99A31 #317CA9 #5E31A9

monochromatic

#4A4415 #7A6F23 #A99A31 #CBBB4C #D9CD7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A99A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#A99A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99A31

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99A31	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)

#A99521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 154, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.123 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b770',
    500: '#a99a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99a31;
$custom-light: #c6b770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68009,
    "c": 0.12332,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.31768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99A31

secondary

#747EC1

accent

#5CDE49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99A31

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

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