#A99B2B#A99B2B

#A99B2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.128 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99B2B
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, -7.44, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 57.35, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% -0.0265 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.128 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5209, 32.0534, 6.9696)
Luminance	0.3205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99B2B #2B39A9

analogous

#A95C2B #A99B2B #78A92B

triadic

#A99B2B #2BA99B #9B2BA9

tetradic

#A99B2B #2BA95C #2B39A9 #A92B78

square

#A99B2B #2BA95C #2B39A9 #A92B78

split-complementary

#A99B2B #2B78A9 #5C2BA9

monochromatic

#474212 #786E1F #A99B2B #CFBF42 #DBD073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A99B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#A99B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99B2B

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99B2B	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	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)

#AA9616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.128 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b86d',
    500: '#a99b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99b2b;
$custom-light: #c6b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68183,
    "c": 0.12803,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99B2B

secondary

#6D77C3

accent

#57E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99B2B

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

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