#A99E39#A99E39

#A99E39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.121 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E39
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 57)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 66.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, -8.29, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 52.88, 99.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.0274 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.121 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3287, 33.1853, 8.7306)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E39 #3944A9

analogous

#A96639 #A99E39 #7CA939

triadic

#A99E39 #39A99E #9E39A9

tetradic

#A99E39 #39A966 #3944A9 #A9397C

square

#A99E39 #39A966 #3944A9 #A9397C

split-complementary

#A99E39 #397CA9 #6639A9

monochromatic

#4D481A #7B732A #A99E39 #C7BC58 #D6CE86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A99E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#A99E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E39

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E39	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.121 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba75',
    500: '#a99e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e39;
$custom-light: #c6ba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.107,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68949,
    "c": 0.12108,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E39

secondary

#7E84C0

accent

#5CD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E39

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

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