#A99F2E#A99F2E

#A99F2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.130 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99F2E
RGB	rgb(169, 159, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, -9.42, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 57.61, 99.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.0318 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.13 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2547, 33.4297, 7.4958)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99F2E #2E38A9

analogous

#A9622E #A99F2E #76A92E

triadic

#A99F2E #2EA99F #9F2EA9

tetradic

#A99F2E #2EA962 #2E38A9 #A92E76

square

#A99F2E #2EA962 #2E38A9 #A92E76

split-complementary

#A99F2E #2E76A9 #622EA9

monochromatic

#494414 #797221 #A99F2E #CDC247 #DAD277

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A99F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#A99F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99F2E

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99F2E	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD991A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 159, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.130 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb6f',
    500: '#a99f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99f2e;
$custom-light: #c6bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6908,
    "c": 0.12972,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99F2E

secondary

#7177C2

accent

#54E047

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99F2E

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

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