#A99E27#A99E27

#A99E27 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	#A99E27
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 39)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 76.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -9.21, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 59.74, 98.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0319 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.133 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9565, 33.0364, 6.7705)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E27 #2732A9

analogous

#A95D27 #A99E27 #73A927

triadic

#A99E27 #27A99E #9E27A9

tetradic

#A99E27 #27A95D #2732A9 #A92773

square

#A99E27 #27A95D #2732A9 #A92773

split-complementary

#A99E27 #2773A9 #5D27A9

monochromatic

#464110 #77701C #A99E27 #D2C53B #DDD46D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A99E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#A99E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E27

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E27	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)

#AD990B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.133 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba6b',
    500: '#a99e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e27;
$custom-light: #c6ba6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.923,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68815,
    "c": 0.13294,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E27

secondary

#6870C4

accent

#50E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E27

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

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