#A99B2D#A99B2D

#A99B2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.127 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99B2D
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, -7.35, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 56.62, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% -0.026 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.127 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5585, 32.0684, 7.1676)
Luminance	0.3207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99B2D #2D3BA9

analogous

#A95D2D #A99B2D #79A92D

triadic

#A99B2D #2DA99B #9B2DA9

tetradic

#A99B2D #2DA95D #2D3BA9 #A92D79

square

#A99B2D #2DA95D #2D3BA9 #A92D79

split-complementary

#A99B2D #2D79A9 #5D2DA9

monochromatic

#484213 #796F20 #A99B2D #CEBE46 #DACF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A99B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#A99B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99B2D

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99B2D	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)

#AA961A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.127 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b86e',
    500: '#a99b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99b2d;
$custom-light: #c6b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.226,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68197,
    "c": 0.1268,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99B2D

secondary

#6F79C2

accent

#58E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99B2D

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

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