#A99F37#A99F37

#A99F37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.124 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99F37
RGB	rgb(169, 159, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -8.94, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 54.08, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.0295 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.124 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4511, 33.5083, 8.5301)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99F37 #3741A9

analogous

#A96637 #A99F37 #7AA937

triadic

#A99F37 #37A99F #9F37A9

tetradic

#A99F37 #37A966 #3741A9 #A9377A

square

#A99F37 #37A966 #3741A9 #A9377A

split-complementary

#A99F37 #377AA9 #6637A9

monochromatic

#4D4819 #7B7428 #A99F37 #C8BE55 #D7D084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A99F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#A99F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99F37

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99F37	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)

#AD9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 159, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.124 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb74',
    500: '#a99f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99f37;
$custom-light: #c6bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.737,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6915,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99F37

secondary

#7B81C0

accent

#5ADA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99F37

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

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