#A99C20#A99C20
#A99C20 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 | #A99C20 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 156, 32) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 68%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 81%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 81.1%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.60, -8.41, 60.71) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.60, 61.29, 97.89°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.34% -0.0302 0.1313) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.34% 0.135 103) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.5127, 32.3175, 6.1022) |
| Luminance | 0.3232 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.27
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.30
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.39
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.16
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 5.57
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.76
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A99C20 #202DA9
analogous
#A95820 #A99C20 #71A920
triadic
#A99C20 #20A99C #9C20A9
tetradic
#A99C20 #20A958 #202DA9 #A92071
square
#A99C20 #20A958 #202DA9 #A92071
split-complementary
#A99C20 #2071A9 #5820A9
monochromatic
#423D0D #766D16 #A99C20 #D8C82F #E1D562
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.81
#A99C20 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.46
#A99C20 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A99C20
7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A99C20 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A99C20 | 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: #a99c20; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 32); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.135 103.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c7b868',
500: '#a99c20',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a99c20; $custom-light: #c7b868; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a99c20",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 156,
"b": 32
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.307,
"s": 68.159,
"l": 39.412
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68338,
"c": 0.13475,
"h": 103
},
"luminance": 0.32316
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A99C20
secondary
#5F68C6
accent
#4DEB3D
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EB
border
#D2D0C6
text
#141107
muted
#82807A