#A99E34#A99E34
#A99E34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.125 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A99E34 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 158, 52) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 53%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 69%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 69.2%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.27, -8.58, 54.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.27, 54.94, 98.99°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.91% -0.0288 0.1214) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.91% 0.125 103.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.2101, 33.1378, 8.1058) |
| Luminance | 0.3314 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.47
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.75
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.61
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.97
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 6.38
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 6.49
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A99E34 #343FA9
analogous
#A96334 #A99E34 #79A934
triadic
#A99E34 #34A99E #9E34A9
tetradic
#A99E34 #34A963 #343FA9 #A93479
square
#A99E34 #34A963 #343FA9 #A93479
split-complementary
#A99E34 #3479A9 #6334A9
monochromatic
#4B4617 #7A7226 #A99E34 #C9BE51 #D8D080
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.75
#A99E34 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.63
#A99E34 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A99E34
7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A99E34 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A99E34 | 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)
#AC9925
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09E3B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B69389
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a99e34; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 52); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.125 103.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6ba72',
500: '#a99e34',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a99e34; $custom-light: #c6ba72; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a99e34",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 158,
"b": 52
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.359,
"s": 52.941,
"l": 43.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68906,
"c": 0.12478,
"h": 103.3
},
"luminance": 0.33137
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A99E34
secondary
#787FC1
accent
#59DC4B
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131108
muted
#82807B