#A99D21#A99D21

#A99D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.135 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D21
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, -8.91, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 61.31, 98.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.0316 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.135 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6950, 32.6600, 6.2311)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D21 #212DA9

analogous

#A95921 #A99D21 #71A921

triadic

#A99D21 #21A99D #9D21A9

tetradic

#A99D21 #21A959 #212DA9 #A92171

square

#A99D21 #21A959 #212DA9 #A92171

split-complementary

#A99D21 #2171A9 #5921A9

monochromatic

#433E0D #766D17 #A99D21 #D7C831 #E1D664

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A99D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#A99D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D21

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D21	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)

#B09D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.135 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b968',
    500: '#a99d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d21;
$custom-light: #c7b968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68562,
    "c": 0.13513,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D21

secondary

#6069C6

accent

#4DEA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D21

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

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