#A99D33#A99D33

#A99D33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.125 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D33
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 69.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, -8.11, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 54.99, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% -0.0275 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.125 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0179, 32.7892, 7.9318)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D33 #333FA9

analogous

#A96233 #A99D33 #7AA933

triadic

#A99D33 #33A99D #9D33A9

tetradic

#A99D33 #33A962 #333FA9 #A9337A

square

#A99D33 #33A962 #333FA9 #A9337A

split-complementary

#A99D33 #337AA9 #6233A9

monochromatic

#4B4617 #7A7125 #A99D33 #CABD4F #D8CF7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A99D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#A99D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D33

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D33	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.125 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b971',
    500: '#a99d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d33;
$custom-light: #c6b971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.898,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68679,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D33

secondary

#777EC1

accent

#5ADD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D33

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

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