#A99B21#A99B21

#A99B21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.133 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99B21
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 33)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -7.85, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 60.68, 97.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.0286 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.133 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3594, 31.9888, 6.1192)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99B21 #212FA9

analogous

#A95721 #A99B21 #73A921

triadic

#A99B21 #21A99B #9B21A9

tetradic

#A99B21 #21A957 #212FA9 #A92173

square

#A99B21 #21A957 #212FA9 #A92173

split-complementary

#A99B21 #2173A9 #5721A9

monochromatic

#433D0D #766C17 #A99B21 #D7C631 #E1D464

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A99B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#A99B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99B21

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99B21	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.133 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b868',
    500: '#a99b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99b21;
$custom-light: #c7b868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.824,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68124,
    "c": 0.13344,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99B21

secondary

#606AC6

accent

#4FEA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99B21

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

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