#A99B31#A99B31

#A99B31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99B31
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 71%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, -7.15, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 55.09, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.025 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.124 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6392, 32.1007, 7.5926)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99B31 #313FA9

analogous

#A95F31 #A99B31 #7BA931

triadic

#A99B31 #31A99B #9B31A9

tetradic

#A99B31 #31A95F #313FA9 #A9317B

square

#A99B31 #31A95F #313FA9 #A9317B

split-complementary

#A99B31 #317BA9 #5F31A9

monochromatic

#4A4415 #7A6F23 #A99B31 #CBBC4C #D9CE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A99B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#A99B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99B31

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99B31	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)

#A99621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.124 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b870',
    500: '#a99b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99b31;
$custom-light: #c6b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68227,
    "c": 0.12418,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99B31

secondary

#747DC1

accent

#5BDE49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99B31

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

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