#A99C31#A99C31

#A99C31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.125 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99C31
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 71%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, -7.68, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 55.43, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% -0.0266 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.125 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8063, 32.4349, 7.6484)
Luminance	0.3243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99C31 #313EA9

analogous

#A96031 #A99C31 #7AA931

triadic

#A99C31 #31A99C #9C31A9

tetradic

#A99C31 #31A960 #313EA9 #A9317A

square

#A99C31 #31A960 #313EA9 #A9317A

split-complementary

#A99C31 #317AA9 #6031A9

monochromatic

#4A4415 #7A7023 #A99C31 #CBBD4C #D9CF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A99C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#A99C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99C31

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99C31	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	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)

#AA9720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.125 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b870',
    500: '#a99c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99c31;
$custom-light: #c6b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68445,
    "c": 0.12505,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99C31

secondary

#747DC1

accent

#5ADE49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99C31

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

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