#A99F34#A99F34
#A99F34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.126 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A99F34 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 159, 52) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 53%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 69%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 69.2%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.55, -9.11, 54.54) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.55, 55.30, 99.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.13% -0.0303 0.122) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.13% 0.126 103.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.3814, 33.4804, 8.1628) |
| Luminance | 0.3348 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.15
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.46
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.83
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.88
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 6.36
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 6.51
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A99F34 #343EA9
analogous
#A96434 #A99F34 #78A934
triadic
#A99F34 #34A99F #9F34A9
tetradic
#A99F34 #34A964 #343EA9 #A93478
square
#A99F34 #34A964 #343EA9 #A93478
split-complementary
#A99F34 #3478A9 #6434A9
monochromatic
#4B4717 #7A7326 #A99F34 #C9BF51 #D8D080
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.73
#A99F34 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.70
#A99F34 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A99F34
7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A99F34 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A99F34 | 1.00 | 2.73 | 7.70 | 7.70 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.73 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AD9A24
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09F3B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B69489
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a99f34; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 159, 52); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.126 103.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6bb72',
500: '#a99f34',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a99f34; $custom-light: #c6bb72; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a99f34",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 159,
"b": 52
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.872,
"s": 52.941,
"l": 43.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69125,
"c": 0.1257,
"h": 103.9
},
"luminance": 0.33479
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A99F34
secondary
#787EC1
accent
#58DC4B
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131108
muted
#82807B