#A99E31#A99E31

#A99E31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.127 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E31
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 71%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, -8.74, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 56.12, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0296 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.127 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1447, 33.1117, 7.7611)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E31 #313CA9

analogous

#A96231 #A99E31 #78A931

triadic

#A99E31 #31A99E #9E31A9

tetradic

#A99E31 #31A962 #313CA9 #A93178

square

#A99E31 #31A962 #313CA9 #A93178

split-complementary

#A99E31 #3178A9 #6231A9

monochromatic

#4A4515 #7A7223 #A99E31 #CBBF4C #D9D07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A99E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#A99E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E31

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E31	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)

#AC9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.127 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba70',
    500: '#a99e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e31;
$custom-light: #c6ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68883,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E31

secondary

#747BC1

accent

#57DE49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E31

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

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