#A99B33#A99B33

#A99B33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.123 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99B33
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 69.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, -7.04, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 54.29, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% -0.0245 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.123 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6823, 32.1180, 7.8199)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99B33 #3341A9

analogous

#A96033 #A99B33 #7CA933

triadic

#A99B33 #33A99B #9B33A9

tetradic

#A99B33 #33A960 #3341A9 #A9337C

square

#A99B33 #33A960 #3341A9 #A9337C

split-complementary

#A99B33 #337CA9 #6033A9

monochromatic

#4B4517 #7A7025 #A99B33 #CABB4F #D8CD7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A99B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#A99B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99B33

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99B33	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)

#A99624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.123 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b871',
    500: '#a99b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99b33;
$custom-light: #c6b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68243,
    "c": 0.1228,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99B33

secondary

#7780C1

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99B33

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

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