#A99E21#A99E21

#A99E21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.136 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E21
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, -9.44, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 61.63, 98.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.033 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.136 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8649, 32.9998, 6.2877)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E21 #212CA9

analogous

#A95A21 #A99E21 #70A921

triadic

#A99E21 #21A99E #9E21A9

tetradic

#A99E21 #21A95A #212CA9 #A92170

square

#A99E21 #21A95A #212CA9 #A92170

split-complementary

#A99E21 #2170A9 #5A21A9

monochromatic

#433E0D #766E17 #A99E21 #D7C931 #E1D764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A99E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#A99E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E21

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E21	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)

#B09E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.136 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ba68',
    500: '#a99e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e21;
$custom-light: #c7ba68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68782,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E21

secondary

#6068C6

accent

#4CEA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E21

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

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