#A99C21#A99C21

#A99C21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.134 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99C21
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 33)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -8.38, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 60.99, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% -0.0301 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.134 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5265, 32.3230, 6.1749)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99C21 #212EA9

analogous

#A95821 #A99C21 #72A921

triadic

#A99C21 #21A99C #9C21A9

tetradic

#A99C21 #21A958 #212EA9 #A92172

square

#A99C21 #21A958 #212EA9 #A92172

split-complementary

#A99C21 #2172A9 #5821A9

monochromatic

#433D0D #766D17 #A99C21 #D7C731 #E1D564

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A99C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#A99C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99C21

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99C21	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)

#AF9D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.134 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b868',
    500: '#a99c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99c21;
$custom-light: #c7b868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.265,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68343,
    "c": 0.13428,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99C21

secondary

#606AC6

accent

#4EEA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99C21

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

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