#A99D2A#A99D2A
#A99D2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.130 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A99D2A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 157, 42) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 60%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 75%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 75.1%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.93, -8.55, 57.75) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.93, 58.38, 98.42°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.61% -0.0297 0.1269) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.61% 0.13 103.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.8384, 32.7173, 6.9861) |
| Luminance | 0.3272 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.28
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.37
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.86
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.70
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.75
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 6.04
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A99D2A #2A36A9
analogous
#A95E2A #A99D2A #76A92A
triadic
#A99D2A #2AA99D #9D2AA9
tetradic
#A99D2A #2AA95E #2A36A9 #A92A76
square
#A99D2A #2AA95E #2A36A9 #A92A76
split-complementary
#A99D2A #2A76A9 #5E2AA9
monochromatic
#474212 #786F1E #A99D2A #D0C241 #DCD272
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.78
#A99D2A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.54
#A99D2A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A99D2A
7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A99D2A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A99D2A | 1.00 | 2.78 | 7.54 | 7.54 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.78 | 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)
#AC9813
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9D32
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B69287
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a99d2a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 42); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.130 103.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6b96c',
500: '#a99d2a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a99d2a; $custom-light: #c6b96c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a99d2a",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 157,
"b": 42
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.331,
"s": 60.19,
"l": 41.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68614,
"c": 0.13036,
"h": 103.2
},
"luminance": 0.32716
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A99D2A
secondary
#6C74C3
accent
#53E344
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#131107
muted
#82807A