#A99A34#A99A34
#A99A34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.121 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A99A34 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 154, 52) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 53%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 69%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 69.2%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.17, -6.45, 53.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.17, 53.54, 96.92°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.03% -0.0227 0.1191) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.03% 0.121 100.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.5389, 31.7954, 7.8820) |
| Luminance | 0.3179 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.72
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.14
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 5.33
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 5.85
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 5.89
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 6.10
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A99A34 #3443A9
analogous
#A95F34 #A99A34 #7DA934
triadic
#A99A34 #34A99A #9A34A9
tetradic
#A99A34 #34A95F #3443A9 #A9347D
square
#A99A34 #34A95F #3443A9 #A9347D
split-complementary
#A99A34 #347DA9 #5F34A9
monochromatic
#4B4517 #7A6F26 #A99A34 #C9BA51 #D8CC80
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.85
#A99A34 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.36
#A99A34 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A99A34
7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A99A34 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A99A34 | 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)
#A89626
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AD9B3A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B68F85
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a99a34; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 154, 52); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.121 100.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6b771',
500: '#a99a34',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a99a34; $custom-light: #c6b771; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a99a34",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 154,
"b": 52
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.308,
"s": 52.941,
"l": 43.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68033,
"c": 0.12121,
"h": 100.8
},
"luminance": 0.31794
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A99A34
secondary
#7881C1
accent
#5EDC4B
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131108
muted
#82807B