#A99E30#A99E30

#A99E30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.128 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E30
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 48)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 71.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, -8.80, 55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 56.51, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0298 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.128 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1238, 33.1033, 7.6512)
Luminance	0.3310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E30 #303BA9

analogous

#A96130 #A99E30 #78A930

triadic

#A99E30 #30A99E #9E30A9

tetradic

#A99E30 #30A961 #303BA9 #A93078

square

#A99E30 #30A961 #303BA9 #A93078

split-complementary

#A99E30 #3078A9 #6130A9

monochromatic

#4A4515 #797122 #A99E30 #CCC04A #D9D17A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A99E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#A99E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E30

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E30	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)

#AC991E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.128 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba70',
    500: '#a99e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e30;
$custom-light: #c6ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68875,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E30

secondary

#737AC2

accent

#56DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E30

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

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