#A99C2B#A99C2B

#A99C2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.129 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99C2B
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 43)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, -7.97, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 57.69, 97.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.028 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.129 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6880, 32.3876, 7.0253)
Luminance	0.3239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99C2B #2B38A9

analogous

#A95D2B #A99C2B #77A92B

triadic

#A99C2B #2BA99C #9C2BA9

tetradic

#A99C2B #2BA95D #2B38A9 #A92B77

square

#A99C2B #2BA95D #2B38A9 #A92B77

split-complementary

#A99C2B #2B77A9 #5D2BA9

monochromatic

#474212 #786F1F #A99C2B #CFC042 #DBD173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A99C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#A99C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99C2B

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99C2B	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.129 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b86d',
    500: '#a99c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99c2b;
$custom-light: #c6b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.81,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68402,
    "c": 0.12889,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99C2B

secondary

#6D76C3

accent

#55E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99C2B

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

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