#A99D37#A99D37

#A99D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.122 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D37
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -7.88, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 53.35, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.0265 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.122 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1099, 32.8260, 8.4164)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D37 #3743A9

analogous

#A96437 #A99D37 #7CA937

triadic

#A99D37 #37A99D #9D37A9

tetradic

#A99D37 #37A964 #3743A9 #A9377C

square

#A99D37 #37A964 #3743A9 #A9377C

split-complementary

#A99D37 #377CA9 #6437A9

monochromatic

#4D4719 #7B7228 #A99D37 #C8BC55 #D7CE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A99D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#A99D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D37

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D37	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.122 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b973',
    500: '#a99d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d37;
$custom-light: #c6b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68713,
    "c": 0.12167,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D37

secondary

#7B83C0

accent

#5CDA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D37

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

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