#A99E2A#A99E2A

#A99E2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.131 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E2A
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 42)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -9.08, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 58.71, 98.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0312 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.131 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0082, 33.0571, 7.0427)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E2A #2A35A9

analogous

#A95F2A #A99E2A #75A92A

triadic

#A99E2A #2AA99E #9E2AA9

tetradic

#A99E2A #2AA95F #2A35A9 #A92A75

square

#A99E2A #2AA95F #2A35A9 #A92A75

split-complementary

#A99E2A #2A75A9 #5F2AA9

monochromatic

#474212 #78701E #A99E2A #D0C341 #DCD372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A99E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#A99E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E2A

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E2A	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)

#AD9913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.131 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba6d',
    500: '#a99e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e2a;
$custom-light: #c6ba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.803,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68834,
    "c": 0.13125,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E2A

secondary

#6C73C3

accent

#52E344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E2A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →