#A99B1C#A99B1C

#A99B1C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.136 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99B1C
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 28)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(54, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -8.01, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 62.11, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0294 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.136 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2945, 31.9628, 5.7775)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99B1C #1C2AA9

analogous

#A9541C #A99B1C #70A91C

triadic

#A99B1C #1CA99B #9B1CA9

tetradic

#A99B1C #1CA954 #1C2AA9 #A91C70

square

#A99B1C #1CA954 #1C2AA9 #A91C70

split-complementary

#A99B1C #1C70A9 #541CA9

monochromatic

#403B0B #746B13 #A99B1C #DBC927 #E4D65B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A99B1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#A99B1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99B1C

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99B1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99B1C	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99b1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.136 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b866',
    500: '#a99b1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99b1c;
$custom-light: #c7b866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99b1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.043,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.681,
    "c": 0.13566,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99B1C

secondary

#5964C8

accent

#4BEE39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99B1C

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

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