#A99E32#A99E32
#A99E32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.126 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A99E32 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 158, 50) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 54%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 70%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 70.4%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.26, -8.69, 55.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.26, 55.73, 98.97°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.89% -0.0293 0.1227) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.89% 0.126 103.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.1660, 33.1202, 7.8735) |
| Luminance | 0.3312 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.33
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.59
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.50
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.88
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 6.30
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 6.41
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A99E32 #323DA9
analogous
#A96332 #A99E32 #78A932
triadic
#A99E32 #32A99E #9E32A9
tetradic
#A99E32 #32A963 #323DA9 #A93278
square
#A99E32 #32A963 #323DA9 #A93278
split-complementary
#A99E32 #3278A9 #6332A9
monochromatic
#4B4616 #7A7224 #A99E32 #CBBF4E #D9D07D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.75
#A99E32 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.62
#A99E32 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A99E32
7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A99E32 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A99E32 | 1.00 | 2.75 | 7.62 | 7.62 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.75 | 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)
#AC9921
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09E39
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B69388
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a99e32; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 50); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.126 103.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6ba71',
500: '#a99e32',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a99e32; $custom-light: #c6ba71; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a99e32",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 158,
"b": 50
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.454,
"s": 54.338,
"l": 42.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.6889,
"c": 0.12617,
"h": 103.4
},
"luminance": 0.33119
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A99E32
secondary
#767DC1
accent
#58DE4A
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131108
muted
#82807B