#A99C2E#A99C2E

#A99C2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.127 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99C2E
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, -7.83, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 56.58, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0273 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.127 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7451, 32.4104, 7.3260)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99C2E #2E3BA9

analogous

#A95F2E #A99C2E #78A92E

triadic

#A99C2E #2EA99C #9C2EA9

tetradic

#A99C2E #2EA95F #2E3BA9 #A92E78

square

#A99C2E #2EA95F #2E3BA9 #A92E78

split-complementary

#A99C2E #2E78A9 #5F2EA9

monochromatic

#494314 #797021 #A99C2E #CDBF47 #DAD077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A99C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#A99C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99C2E

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99C2E	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)

#AB971B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.127 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b86e',
    500: '#a99c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99c2e;
$custom-light: #c6b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.659,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68423,
    "c": 0.12703,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99C2E

secondary

#7179C2

accent

#58E047

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99C2E

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

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