#A99A33#A99A33

#A99A33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.122 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99A33
RGB	rgb(169, 154, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 69.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, -6.51, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 53.95, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.023 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.122 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5166, 31.7865, 7.7647)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99A33 #3342A9

analogous

#A95F33 #A99A33 #7DA933

triadic

#A99A33 #33A99A #9A33A9

tetradic

#A99A33 #33A95F #3342A9 #A9337D

square

#A99A33 #33A95F #3342A9 #A9337D

split-complementary

#A99A33 #337DA9 #5F33A9

monochromatic

#4B4417 #7A6F25 #A99A33 #CABA4F #D8CD7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A99A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#A99A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99A33

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99A33	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 154, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.122 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b771',
    500: '#a99a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99a33;
$custom-light: #c6b771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68025,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99A33

secondary

#7780C1

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99A33

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

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