#A99E36#A99E36

#A99E36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.123 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E36
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 68%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, -8.47, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 54.13, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.0282 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.123 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2561, 33.1562, 8.3480)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E36 #3641A9

analogous

#A96436 #A99E36 #7AA936

triadic

#A99E36 #36A99E #9E36A9

tetradic

#A99E36 #36A964 #3641A9 #A9367A

square

#A99E36 #36A964 #3641A9 #A9367A

split-complementary

#A99E36 #367AA9 #6436A9

monochromatic

#4C4718 #7B7327 #A99E36 #C8BD54 #D7CF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A99E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#A99E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E36

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E36	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)

#AC9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.123 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba73',
    500: '#a99e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e36;
$custom-light: #c6ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68923,
    "c": 0.12334,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E36

secondary

#7A81C1

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E36

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

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