#A99E38#A99E38

#A99E38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.122 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E38
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -8.35, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 53.30, 99.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.0277 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.122 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3040, 33.1754, 8.6005)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E38 #3843A9

analogous

#A96638 #A99E38 #7CA938

triadic

#A99E38 #38A99E #9E38A9

tetradic

#A99E38 #38A966 #3843A9 #A9387C

square

#A99E38 #38A966 #3843A9 #A9387C

split-complementary

#A99E38 #387CA9 #6638A9

monochromatic

#4D481A #7B7329 #A99E38 #C7BC57 #D7CF85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A99E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#A99E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E38

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E38	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)

#AC992A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.122 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba74',
    500: '#a99e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e38;
$custom-light: #c6ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.159,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6894,
    "c": 0.12185,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E38

secondary

#7C83C0

accent

#5CDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E38

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

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