#A99C23#A99C23

#A99C23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.133 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99C23
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 35)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -8.31, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 60.38, 97.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.0297 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.133 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5554, 32.3346, 6.3269)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99C23 #2330A9

analogous

#A95923 #A99C23 #73A923

triadic

#A99C23 #23A99C #9C23A9

tetradic

#A99C23 #23A959 #2330A9 #A92373

square

#A99C23 #23A959 #2330A9 #A92373

split-complementary

#A99C23 #2373A9 #5923A9

monochromatic

#443E0E #766D19 #A99C23 #D5C534 #DFD467

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A99C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#A99C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99C23

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99C23	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.133 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b869',
    500: '#a99c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99c23;
$custom-light: #c6b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.179,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68353,
    "c": 0.1333,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99C23

secondary

#636CC5

accent

#50E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99C23

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

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