#A99E2F#A99E2F

#A99E2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.128 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E2F
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 47)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 72.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, -8.85, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 56.89, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% -0.0301 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.128 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1034, 33.0952, 7.5438)
Luminance	0.3309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E2F #2F3AA9

analogous

#A9612F #A99E2F #77A92F

triadic

#A99E2F #2FA99E #9E2FA9

tetradic

#A99E2F #2FA961 #2F3AA9 #A92F77

square

#A99E2F #2FA961 #2F3AA9 #A92F77

split-complementary

#A99E2F #2F77A9 #612FA9

monochromatic

#494414 #797122 #A99E2F #CCC049 #DAD179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A99E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#A99E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E2F

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E2F	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)

#AC991C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.128 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba6f',
    500: '#a99e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e2f;
$custom-light: #c6ba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.59,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68868,
    "c": 0.12817,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E2F

secondary

#7279C2

accent

#56E048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E2F

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

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