#A99D31#A99D31

#A99D31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.126 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D31
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 71%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -8.21, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 55.77, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0281 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.126 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9748, 32.7719, 7.7045)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D31 #313DA9

analogous

#A96131 #A99D31 #79A931

triadic

#A99D31 #31A99D #9D31A9

tetradic

#A99D31 #31A961 #313DA9 #A93179

square

#A99D31 #31A961 #313DA9 #A93179

split-complementary

#A99D31 #3179A9 #6131A9

monochromatic

#4A4515 #7A7123 #A99D31 #CBBE4C #D9D07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A99D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#A99D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D31

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D31	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)

#AB9820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.126 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b970',
    500: '#a99d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d31;
$custom-light: #c6b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68664,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D31

secondary

#747CC1

accent

#58DE49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D31

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

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