#A99F23#A99F23

#A99F23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.136 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99F23
RGB	rgb(169, 159, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, -9.89, 60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 61.35, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0341 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.136 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0650, 33.3538, 6.4967)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99F23 #232DA9

analogous

#A95C23 #A99F23 #70A923

triadic

#A99F23 #23A99F #9F23A9

tetradic

#A99F23 #23A95C #232DA9 #A92370

square

#A99F23 #23A95C #232DA9 #A92370

split-complementary

#A99F23 #2370A9 #5C23A9

monochromatic

#44400E #766F19 #A99F23 #D5C934 #DFD667

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A99F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#A99F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99F23

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99F23	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 159, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.136 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb69',
    500: '#a99f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99f23;
$custom-light: #c6bb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69012,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99F23

secondary

#636AC5

accent

#4CE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99F23

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

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