#A99F2C#A99F2C

#A99F2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.131 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99F2C
RGB	rgb(169, 159, 44)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, -9.52, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 58.34, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.0323 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.131 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2162, 33.4143, 7.2930)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99F2C #2C36A9

analogous

#A9612C #A99F2C #75A92C

triadic

#A99F2C #2CA99F #9F2CA9

tetradic

#A99F2C #2CA961 #2C36A9 #A92C75

square

#A99F2C #2CA961 #2C36A9 #A92C75

split-complementary

#A99F2C #2C75A9 #612CA9

monochromatic

#484413 #78711F #A99F2C #CEC344 #DBD374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A99F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#A99F2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99F2C

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99F2C	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	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)

#AD9916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 159, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.131 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb6e',
    500: '#a99f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99f2c;
$custom-light: #c6bb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69066,
    "c": 0.13096,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99F2C

secondary

#6E75C3

accent

#52E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99F2C

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

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