#A99C1C#A99C1C

#A99C1C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.136 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99C1C
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 28)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(54, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, -8.54, 61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 62.41, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% -0.0309 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.136 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4616, 32.2971, 5.8332)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99C1C #1C29A9

analogous

#A9551C #A99C1C #6FA91C

triadic

#A99C1C #1CA99C #9C1CA9

tetradic

#A99C1C #1CA955 #1C29A9 #A91C6F

square

#A99C1C #1CA955 #1C29A9 #A91C6F

split-complementary

#A99C1C #1C6FA9 #551CA9

monochromatic

#403B0B #746C13 #A99C1C #DBCB27 #E4D75B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A99C1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#A99C1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99C1C

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99C1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99C1C	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99c1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.136 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b866',
    500: '#a99c1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99c1c;
$custom-light: #c7b866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99c1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.468,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68319,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99C1C

secondary

#5963C8

accent

#4AEE39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99C1C

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

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