#A99D2D#A99D2D

#A99D2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.129 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D2D
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 45)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, -8.41, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 57.29, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.029 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.129 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8941, 32.7396, 7.2795)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D2D #2D39A9

analogous

#A95F2D #A99D2D #77A92D

triadic

#A99D2D #2DA99D #9D2DA9

tetradic

#A99D2D #2DA95F #2D39A9 #A92D77

square

#A99D2D #2DA95F #2D39A9 #A92D77

split-complementary

#A99D2D #2D77A9 #5F2DA9

monochromatic

#484313 #797020 #A99D2D #CEC046 #DAD176

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A99D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#A99D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D2D

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D2D	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.129 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b96e',
    500: '#a99d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d2d;
$custom-light: #c6b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68634,
    "c": 0.12855,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D2D

secondary

#6F78C2

accent

#56E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D2D

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

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