#A99B23#A99B23

#A99B23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.132 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99B23
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 35)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, -7.77, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 60.07, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.0282 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.132 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3883, 32.0003, 6.2711)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99B23 #2331A9

analogous

#A95823 #A99B23 #74A923

triadic

#A99B23 #23A99B #9B23A9

tetradic

#A99B23 #23A958 #2331A9 #A92374

square

#A99B23 #23A958 #2331A9 #A92374

split-complementary

#A99B23 #2374A9 #5823A9

monochromatic

#443E0E #766C19 #A99B23 #D5C434 #DFD367

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A99B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#A99B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99B23

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99B23	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)

#AA9601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.132 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b869',
    500: '#a99b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99b23;
$custom-light: #c7b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68135,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99B23

secondary

#636DC5

accent

#51E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99B23

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

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