#A99E24#A99E24

#A99E24 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	#A99E24
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 36)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 78.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -9.33, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 60.71, 98.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.0325 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.135 104)
XYZ	xyz(28.9088, 33.0173, 6.5190)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E24 #242FA9

analogous

#A95C24 #A99E24 #71A924

triadic

#A99E24 #24A99E #9E24A9

tetradic

#A99E24 #24A95C #242FA9 #A92471

square

#A99E24 #24A95C #242FA9 #A92471

split-complementary

#A99E24 #2471A9 #5C24A9

monochromatic

#44400F #776F19 #A99E24 #D4C736 #DFD568

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A99E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#A99E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E24

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E24	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)

#AD9802

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.135 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba6a',
    500: '#a99e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e24;
$custom-light: #c6ba6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68798,
    "c": 0.13452,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.33016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E24

secondary

#646CC5

accent

#4EE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E24

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

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