#A99D2B#A99D2B

#A99D2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.130 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D2B
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 43)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -8.51, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 58.02, 98.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.0295 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.13 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8565, 32.7246, 7.0815)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D2B #2B37A9

analogous

#A95E2B #A99D2B #76A92B

triadic

#A99D2B #2BA99D #9D2BA9

tetradic

#A99D2B #2BA95E #2B37A9 #A92B76

square

#A99D2B #2BA95E #2B37A9 #A92B76

split-complementary

#A99D2B #2B76A9 #5E2BA9

monochromatic

#474212 #78701F #A99D2B #CFC242 #DBD173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A99D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#A99D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D2B

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D2B	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)

#AC9815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.130 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b96d',
    500: '#a99d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d2b;
$custom-light: #c6b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68621,
    "c": 0.12977,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D2B

secondary

#6D75C3

accent

#54E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D2B

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

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