#A99F27#A99F27

#A99F27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.134 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99F27
RGB	rgb(169, 159, 39)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 76.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, -9.74, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 60.07, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.0334 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.134 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1278, 33.3790, 6.8275)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99F27 #2731A9

analogous

#A95E27 #A99F27 #72A927

triadic

#A99F27 #27A99F #9F27A9

tetradic

#A99F27 #27A95E #2731A9 #A92772

square

#A99F27 #27A95E #2731A9 #A92772

split-complementary

#A99F27 #2772A9 #5E27A9

monochromatic

#464110 #77701C #A99F27 #D2C63B #DDD56D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A99F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#A99F27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99F27

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99F27	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE990A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 159, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.134 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb6b',
    500: '#a99f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99f27;
$custom-light: #c6bb6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69035,
    "c": 0.13383,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99F27

secondary

#686FC4

accent

#4FE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99F27

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

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