#A99D27#A99D27

#A99D27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.132 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D27
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 39)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 76.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, -8.68, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 59.41, 98.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0304 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.132 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7867, 32.6967, 6.7138)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D27 #2733A9

analogous

#A95C27 #A99D27 #74A927

triadic

#A99D27 #27A99D #9D27A9

tetradic

#A99D27 #27A95C #2733A9 #A92774

square

#A99D27 #27A95C #2733A9 #A92774

split-complementary

#A99D27 #2774A9 #5C27A9

monochromatic

#464110 #776F1C #A99D27 #D2C43B #DDD36D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A99D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#A99D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D27

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D27	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)

#AC980C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.132 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b96b',
    500: '#a99d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d27;
$custom-light: #c6b96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68595,
    "c": 0.13206,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D27

secondary

#6870C4

accent

#51E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D27

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

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