#A99F1C#A99F1C

#A99F1C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.139 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99F1C
RGB	rgb(169, 159, 28)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, -10.13, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 63.34, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.0353 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.139 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9713, 33.3163, 6.0030)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99F1C #1C26A9

analogous

#A9581C #A99F1C #6CA91C

triadic

#A99F1C #1CA99F #9F1CA9

tetradic

#A99F1C #1CA958 #1C26A9 #A91C6C

square

#A99F1C #1CA958 #1C26A9 #A91C6C

split-complementary

#A99F1C #1C6CA9 #581CA9

monochromatic

#403C0B #746E13 #A99F1C #DBCE27 #E4DA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A99F1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#A99F1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99F1C

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99F1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99F1C	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99f1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 159, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.139 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb67',
    500: '#a99f1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99f1c;
$custom-light: #c7bb67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99f1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.745,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68979,
    "c": 0.13904,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99F1C

secondary

#5961C8

accent

#46EE39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99F1C

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

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