#A99B36#A99B36

#A99B36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.121 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99B36
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 68%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, -6.87, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 53.06, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0237 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.121 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7506, 32.1453, 8.1796)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99B36 #3644A9

analogous

#A96136 #A99B36 #7DA936

triadic

#A99B36 #36A99B #9B36A9

tetradic

#A99B36 #36A961 #3644A9 #A9367D

square

#A99B36 #36A961 #3644A9 #A9367D

split-complementary

#A99B36 #367DA9 #6136A9

monochromatic

#4C4618 #7B7027 #A99B36 #C8BA54 #D7CD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A99B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#A99B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99B36

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99B36	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.121 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b873',
    500: '#a99b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99b36;
$custom-light: #c6b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.696,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68268,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99B36

secondary

#7A83C1

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99B36

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

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