#A99D38#A99D38

#A99D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.121 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D38
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, -7.82, 52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 52.94, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.0262 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.121 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1342, 32.8357, 8.5439)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D38 #3844A9

analogous

#A96538 #A99D38 #7DA938

triadic

#A99D38 #38A99D #9D38A9

tetradic

#A99D38 #38A965 #3844A9 #A9387D

square

#A99D38 #38A965 #3844A9 #A9387D

split-complementary

#A99D38 #387DA9 #6538A9

monochromatic

#4D481A #7B7229 #A99D38 #C7BB57 #D7CE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A99D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#A99D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D38

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D38	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)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.121 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b974',
    500: '#a99d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d38;
$custom-light: #c6b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.628,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68721,
    "c": 0.12092,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D38

secondary

#7C84C0

accent

#5DDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D38

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

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