#A99D1C#A99D1C

#A99D1C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.137 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D1C
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 28)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, -9.07, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 62.72, 98.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% -0.0324 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.137 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6301, 32.6341, 5.8893)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D1C #1C28A9

analogous

#A9561C #A99D1C #6EA91C

triadic

#A99D1C #1CA99D #9D1CA9

tetradic

#A99D1C #1CA956 #1C28A9 #A91C6E

square

#A99D1C #1CA956 #1C28A9 #A91C6E

split-complementary

#A99D1C #1C6EA9 #561CA9

monochromatic

#403B0B #746C13 #A99D1C #DBCC27 #E4D85B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A99D1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#A99D1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D1C

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D1C	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.137 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b966',
    500: '#a99d1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d1c;
$custom-light: #c7b966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68539,
    "c": 0.13733,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D1C

secondary

#5962C8

accent

#49EE39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D1C

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

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