#A99D25#A99D25

#A99D25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.133 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D25
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 37)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 78.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -8.76, 59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 60.07, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0308 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.133 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7544, 32.6838, 6.5439)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D25 #2531A9

analogous

#A95B25 #A99D25 #73A925

triadic

#A99D25 #25A99D #9D25A9

tetradic

#A99D25 #25A95B #2531A9 #A92573

square

#A99D25 #25A95B #2531A9 #A92573

split-complementary

#A99D25 #2573A9 #5B25A9

monochromatic

#45400F #776E1A #A99D25 #D3C538 #DED46A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A99D25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#A99D25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D25

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D25	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9806

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.133 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b96a',
    500: '#a99d25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d25;
$custom-light: #c6b96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68584,
    "c": 0.13314,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D25

secondary

#656EC4

accent

#50E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D25

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

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