#A99C38#A99C38

#A99C38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.120 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99C38
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, -7.29, 52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 52.58, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.0247 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.12 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9657, 32.4987, 8.4877)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99C38 #3845A9

analogous

#A96438 #A99C38 #7EA938

triadic

#A99C38 #38A99C #9C38A9

tetradic

#A99C38 #38A964 #3845A9 #A9387E

square

#A99C38 #38A964 #3845A9 #A9387E

split-complementary

#A99C38 #387EA9 #6438A9

monochromatic

#4D471A #7B7229 #A99C38 #C7BA57 #D7CD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A99C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#A99C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99C38

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99C38	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)

#AA972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.120 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b874',
    500: '#a99c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99c38;
$custom-light: #c6b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.097,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68503,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99C38

secondary

#7C84C0

accent

#5EDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99C38

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

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