#A99B2F#A99B2F

#A99B2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.126 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99B2F
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 47)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 72.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, -7.25, 55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 55.86, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.0255 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.126 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5979, 32.0842, 7.3753)
Luminance	0.3208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99B2F #2F3DA9

analogous

#A95E2F #A99B2F #7AA92F

triadic

#A99B2F #2FA99B #9B2FA9

tetradic

#A99B2F #2FA95E #2F3DA9 #A92F7A

square

#A99B2F #2FA95E #2F3DA9 #A92F7A

split-complementary

#A99B2F #2F7AA9 #5E2FA9

monochromatic

#494314 #796F22 #A99B2F #CCBD49 #DACF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A99B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#A99B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99B2F

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99B2F	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA961D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.126 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b86f',
    500: '#a99b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99b2f;
$custom-light: #c6b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68212,
    "c": 0.12551,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99B2F

secondary

#727BC2

accent

#59E048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99B2F

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

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