#A99D1F#A99D1F
#A99D1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.136 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A99D1F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 157, 31) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 69%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 82%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 81.7%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.88, -8.98, 61.24) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.88, 61.89, 98.34°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.55% -0.0319 0.1323) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.55% 0.136 103.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.6678, 32.6491, 6.0879) |
| Luminance | 0.3265 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.91
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.01
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.56
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.53
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.58
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.69
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A99D1F #1F2BA9
analogous
#A9581F #A99D1F #70A91F
triadic
#A99D1F #1FA99D #9D1FA9
tetradic
#A99D1F #1FA958 #1F2BA9 #A91F70
square
#A99D1F #1FA958 #1F2BA9 #A91F70
split-complementary
#A99D1F #1F70A9 #581FA9
monochromatic
#423D0C #756D16 #A99D1F #D8CA2D #E2D760
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.79
#A99D1F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.53
#A99D1F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A99D1F
7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A99D1F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A99D1F | 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)
#AC9800
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09D2A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B69186
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a99d1f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 31); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.136 103.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c7b968',
500: '#a99d1f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a99d1f; $custom-light: #c7b968; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a99d1f",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 157,
"b": 31
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.783,
"s": 69,
"l": 39.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68552,
"c": 0.13605,
"h": 103.6
},
"luminance": 0.32648
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A99D1F
secondary
#5D66C7
accent
#4BEC3C
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EB
border
#D2D0C6
text
#141107
muted
#82807A