#A99D23#A99D23

#A99D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.134 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D23
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, -8.84, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 60.70, 98.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% -0.0312 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.134 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7239, 32.6715, 6.3830)
Luminance	0.3267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D23 #232FA9

analogous

#A95A23 #A99D23 #72A923

triadic

#A99D23 #23A99D #9D23A9

tetradic

#A99D23 #23A95A #232FA9 #A92372

square

#A99D23 #23A95A #232FA9 #A92372

split-complementary

#A99D23 #2372A9 #5A23A9

monochromatic

#443F0E #766E19 #A99D23 #D5C734 #DFD567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A99D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#A99D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D23

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D23	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)

#B09D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.134 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b969',
    500: '#a99d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d23;
$custom-light: #c6b969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68573,
    "c": 0.13416,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D23

secondary

#636BC5

accent

#4EE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D23

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

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