#A99E26#A99E26
#A99E26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.133 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A99E26 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 158, 38) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 63%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 78%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 77.5%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.19, -9.25, 59.35) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.19, 60.07, 98.86°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.81% -0.0321 0.1296) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.81% 0.133 103.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.9402, 33.0299, 6.6843) |
| Luminance | 0.3303 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.79
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.82
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.03
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.51
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.82
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.98
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A99E26 #2631A9
analogous
#A95C26 #A99E26 #72A926
triadic
#A99E26 #26A99E #9E26A9
tetradic
#A99E26 #26A95C #2631A9 #A92672
square
#A99E26 #26A95C #2631A9 #A92672
split-complementary
#A99E26 #2672A9 #5C26A9
monochromatic
#454110 #776F1B #A99E26 #D3C63A #DED46C
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.76
#A99E26 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.61
#A99E26 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A99E26
7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A99E26 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A99E26 | 1.00 | 2.76 | 7.61 | 7.61 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.76 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AD9808
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09E2F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B69387
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a99e26; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 38); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.133 103.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6ba6b',
500: '#a99e26',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a99e26; $custom-light: #c6ba6b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a99e26",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 158,
"b": 38
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.962,
"s": 63.285,
"l": 40.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68809,
"c": 0.13348,
"h": 103.9
},
"luminance": 0.33029
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A99E26
secondary
#676EC4
accent
#4FE641
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141107
muted
#82807A