#A99E33#A99E33
#A99E33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.125 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A99E33 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 158, 51) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 54%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 70%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 69.8%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.27, -8.64, 54.66) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.27, 55.34, 98.98°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.9% -0.029 0.1221) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.9% 0.125 103.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.1878, 33.1289, 7.9884) |
| Luminance | 0.3313 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.40
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.67
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.56
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.92
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 6.34
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 6.45
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A99E33 #333EA9
analogous
#A96333 #A99E33 #79A933
triadic
#A99E33 #33A99E #9E33A9
tetradic
#A99E33 #33A963 #333EA9 #A93379
square
#A99E33 #33A963 #333EA9 #A93379
split-complementary
#A99E33 #3379A9 #6333A9
monochromatic
#4B4617 #7A7225 #A99E33 #CABF4F #D8D07E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.75
#A99E33 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.63
#A99E33 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A99E33
7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A99E33 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A99E33 | 1.00 | 2.75 | 7.63 | 7.63 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.75 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AC9923
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09E3A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B69389
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a99e33; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 51); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.125 103.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6ba71',
500: '#a99e33',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a99e33; $custom-light: #c6ba71; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a99e33",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 158,
"b": 51
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.407,
"s": 53.636,
"l": 43.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68898,
"c": 0.12548,
"h": 103.4
},
"luminance": 0.33128
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A99E33
secondary
#777EC1
accent
#58DD4B
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131108
muted
#82807B