#A99D2F#A99D2F

#A99D2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.127 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D2F
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 47)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 72.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, -8.32, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 56.54, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.0286 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.127 103)
XYZ	xyz(28.9335, 32.7554, 7.4871)
Luminance	0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D2F #2F3BA9

analogous

#A9602F #A99D2F #78A92F

triadic

#A99D2F #2FA99D #9D2FA9

tetradic

#A99D2F #2FA960 #2F3BA9 #A92F78

square

#A99D2F #2FA960 #2F3BA9 #A92F78

split-complementary

#A99D2F #2F78A9 #602FA9

monochromatic

#494414 #797122 #A99D2F #CCBF49 #DAD079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A99D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#A99D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D2F

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D2F	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)

#AB981D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.127 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b96f',
    500: '#a99d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d2f;
$custom-light: #c6b96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.098,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68649,
    "c": 0.12727,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.32754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D2F

secondary

#727AC2

accent

#57E048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D2F

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

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