#A99E23#A99E23

#A99E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.135 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E23
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -9.37, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 61.02, 98.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.0327 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.135 104)
XYZ	xyz(28.8937, 33.0113, 6.4396)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E23 #232EA9

analogous

#A95B23 #A99E23 #71A923

triadic

#A99E23 #23A99E #9E23A9

tetradic

#A99E23 #23A95B #232EA9 #A92371

square

#A99E23 #23A95B #232EA9 #A92371

split-complementary

#A99E23 #2371A9 #5B23A9

monochromatic

#443F0E #766F19 #A99E23 #D5C834 #DFD667

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A99E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#A99E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E23

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E23	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)

#B09E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.135 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba69',
    500: '#a99e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e23;
$custom-light: #c6ba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.075,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68792,
    "c": 0.13502,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.3301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E23

secondary

#636BC5

accent

#4DE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E23

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

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