#A99C1F#A99C1F

#A99C1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.135 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99C1F
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 31)
HSL	hsl(54, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(54, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, -8.44, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 61.58, 97.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.0304 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.135 103)
XYZ	xyz(28.4993, 32.3121, 6.0318)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99C1F #1F2CA9

analogous

#A9571F #A99C1F #71A91F

triadic

#A99C1F #1FA99C #9C1FA9

tetradic

#A99C1F #1FA957 #1F2CA9 #A91F71

square

#A99C1F #1FA957 #1F2CA9 #A91F71

split-complementary

#A99C1F #1F71A9 #571FA9

monochromatic

#423D0C #756C16 #A99C1F #D8C82D #E2D660

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A99C1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#A99C1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99C1F

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99C1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99C1F	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	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)

#AF9D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99c1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.135 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b867',
    500: '#a99c1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99c1f;
$custom-light: #c7b867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99c1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.348,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68333,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.32311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99C1F

secondary

#5D67C7

accent

#4DEC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99C1F

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

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