#A99E2D#A99E2D

#A99E2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.129 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E2D
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 45)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, -8.94, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 57.63, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0305 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.129 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0640, 33.0794, 7.3361)
Luminance	0.3308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E2D #2D38A9

analogous

#A9602D #A99E2D #76A92D

triadic

#A99E2D #2DA99E #9E2DA9

tetradic

#A99E2D #2DA960 #2D38A9 #A92D76

square

#A99E2D #2DA960 #2D38A9 #A92D76

split-complementary

#A99E2D #2D76A9 #602DA9

monochromatic

#484413 #797120 #A99E2D #CEC246 #DAD276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A99E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#A99E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E2D

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E2D	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.129 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba6e',
    500: '#a99e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e2d;
$custom-light: #c6ba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.677,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68854,
    "c": 0.12943,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E2D

secondary

#6F77C2

accent

#54E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E2D

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

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