#A99B28#A99B28

#A99B28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.130 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99B28
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 40)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 76.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, -7.57, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 58.42, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0272 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.13 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4679, 32.0322, 6.6904)
Luminance	0.3203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99B28 #2836A9

analogous

#A95A28 #A99B28 #76A928

triadic

#A99B28 #28A99B #9B28A9

tetradic

#A99B28 #28A95A #2836A9 #A92876

square

#A99B28 #28A95A #2836A9 #A92876

split-complementary

#A99B28 #2876A9 #5A28A9

monochromatic

#464011 #786E1C #A99B28 #D1C13D #DDD16F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A99B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#A99B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99B28

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99B28	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.130 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b86b',
    500: '#a99b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99b28;
$custom-light: #c6b86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.488,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68164,
    "c": 0.12979,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99B28

secondary

#6973C4

accent

#55E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99B28

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →