#A99C28#A99C28

#A99C28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.131 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99C28
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 40)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 76.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, -8.11, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 58.74, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0287 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.131 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6350, 32.3664, 6.7461)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99C28 #2835A9

analogous

#A95B28 #A99C28 #75A928

triadic

#A99C28 #28A99C #9C28A9

tetradic

#A99C28 #28A95B #2835A9 #A92875

square

#A99C28 #28A95B #2835A9 #A92875

split-complementary

#A99C28 #2875A9 #5B28A9

monochromatic

#464111 #786E1C #A99C28 #D1C23D #DDD26F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A99C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#A99C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99C28

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99C28	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)

#AB970F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.131 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b86b',
    500: '#a99c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99c28;
$custom-light: #c6b86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.953,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68383,
    "c": 0.13065,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99C28

secondary

#6972C4

accent

#53E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99C28

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

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