#A99C30#A99C30
#A99C30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.126 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A99C30 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 156, 48) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 56%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 72%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 71.6%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.69, -7.73, 55.28) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.69, 55.82, 97.96°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.44% -0.0268 0.1228) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.44% 0.126 102.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.7854, 32.4266, 7.5384) |
| Luminance | 0.3242 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.88
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.91
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.10
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.56
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 5.83
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 6.14
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A99C30 #303DA9
analogous
#A96030 #A99C30 #79A930
triadic
#A99C30 #30A99C #9C30A9
tetradic
#A99C30 #30A960 #303DA9 #A93079
square
#A99C30 #30A960 #303DA9 #A93079
split-complementary
#A99C30 #3079A9 #6030A9
monochromatic
#4A4415 #797022 #A99C30 #CCBE4A #D9CF7A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.81
#A99C30 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.49
#A99C30 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A99C30
7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A99C30 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A99C30 | 1.00 | 2.81 | 7.49 | 7.49 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.81 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AA971F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AE9D37
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B69187
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a99c30; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 48); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.126 102.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6b86f',
500: '#a99c30',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a99c30; $custom-light: #c6b86f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a99c30",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 156,
"b": 48
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.554,
"s": 55.76,
"l": 42.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68437,
"c": 0.12572,
"h": 102.3
},
"luminance": 0.32425
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A99C30
secondary
#737CC2
accent
#59DF49
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#131108
muted
#82807B