#A99C36#A99C36

#A99C36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.122 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99C36
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 68%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -7.41, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 53.41, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% -0.0252 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.122 102)
XYZ	xyz(28.9177, 32.4795, 8.2353)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99C36 #3643A9

analogous

#A96236 #A99C36 #7CA936

triadic

#A99C36 #36A99C #9C36A9

tetradic

#A99C36 #36A962 #3643A9 #A9367C

square

#A99C36 #36A962 #3643A9 #A9367C

split-complementary

#A99C36 #367CA9 #6236A9

monochromatic

#4C4618 #7B7127 #A99C36 #C8BB54 #D7CE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A99C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#A99C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99C36

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99C36	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.122 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b873',
    500: '#a99c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99c36;
$custom-light: #c6b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.217,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68486,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.32478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99C36

secondary

#7A82C1

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99C36

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

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