#A99E1F#A99E1F
#A99E1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.137 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A99E1F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 158, 31) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 69%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 82%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 81.7%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.15, -9.50, 61.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.15, 62.21, 98.79°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.77% -0.0334 0.1328) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.77% 0.137 104.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.8377, 32.9889, 6.1445) |
| Luminance | 0.3299 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.55
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.66
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.88
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.44
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.56
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A99E1F #1F2AA9
analogous
#A9591F #A99E1F #6FA91F
triadic
#A99E1F #1FA99E #9E1FA9
tetradic
#A99E1F #1FA959 #1F2AA9 #A91F6F
square
#A99E1F #1FA959 #1F2AA9 #A91F6F
split-complementary
#A99E1F #1F6FA9 #591FA9
monochromatic
#423D0C #756E16 #A99E1F #D8CB2D #E2D860
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.76
#A99E1F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.60
#A99E1F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A99E1F
7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A99E1F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A99E1F | 1.00 | 2.76 | 7.60 | 7.60 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.76 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AD9800
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09E2A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B69287
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a99e1f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 31); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.137 104.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c7ba68',
500: '#a99e1f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a99e1f; $custom-light: #c7ba68; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a99e1f",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 158,
"b": 31
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.217,
"s": 69,
"l": 39.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68772,
"c": 0.1369,
"h": 104.1
},
"luminance": 0.32988
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A99E1F
secondary
#5D66C7
accent
#4AEC3C
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EB
border
#D2D0C6
text
#141107
muted
#82807A