#A99C24#A99C24
#A99C24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.133 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A99C24 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 156, 36) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 65%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 79%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 78.7%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.62, -8.27, 59.49) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.62, 60.07, 97.91°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.36% -0.0295 0.1295) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.36% 0.133 102.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.5704, 32.3406, 6.4062) |
| Luminance | 0.3234 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.37
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.44
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.46
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.22
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 5.59
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.81
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A99C24 #2431A9
analogous
#A95924 #A99C24 #74A924
triadic
#A99C24 #24A99C #9C24A9
tetradic
#A99C24 #24A959 #2431A9 #A92474
square
#A99C24 #24A959 #2431A9 #A92474
split-complementary
#A99C24 #2474A9 #5924A9
monochromatic
#443F0F #776D19 #A99C24 #D4C536 #DFD368
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.81
#A99C24 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.47
#A99C24 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A99C24
7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A99C24 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A99C24 | 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)
#AB9703
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9D2D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B69086
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a99c24; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 36); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.133 102.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6b86a',
500: '#a99c24',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a99c24; $custom-light: #c6b86a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a99c24",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 156,
"b": 36
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.135,
"s": 64.878,
"l": 40.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68359,
"c": 0.1328,
"h": 102.8
},
"luminance": 0.32339
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A99C24
secondary
#646DC5
accent
#50E840
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EB
border
#D2D0C6
text
#141107
muted
#82807A