#A99B32#A99B32
#A99B32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.123 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A99B32 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 155, 50) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 54%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 70%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 70.4%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.43, -7.10, 54.23) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.43, 54.69, 97.45°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.24% -0.0248 0.121) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.24% 0.123 101.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.6605, 32.1092, 7.7050) |
| Luminance | 0.3211 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.77
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.33
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 5.39
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 5.56
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.59
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 6.06
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A99B32 #3240A9
analogous
#A95F32 #A99B32 #7BA932
triadic
#A99B32 #32A99B #9B32A9
tetradic
#A99B32 #32A95F #3240A9 #A9327B
square
#A99B32 #32A95F #3240A9 #A9327B
split-complementary
#A99B32 #327BA9 #5F32A9
monochromatic
#4B4416 #7A7024 #A99B32 #CBBC4E #D9CE7D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.83
#A99B32 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.42
#A99B32 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A99B32
7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A99B32 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A99B32 | 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)
#A99622
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AD9C39
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B69086
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a99b32; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 50); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.123 101.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6b870',
500: '#a99b32',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a99b32; $custom-light: #c6b870; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a99b32",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 155,
"b": 50
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.941,
"s": 54.338,
"l": 42.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68235,
"c": 0.12349,
"h": 101.6
},
"luminance": 0.32108
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A99B32
secondary
#767EC1
accent
#5BDE4A
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#131108
muted
#82807B