#A99F38#A99F38

#A99F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.123 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99F38
RGB	rgb(169, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -8.88, 52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 53.67, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0292 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.123 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4753, 33.5180, 8.6576)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99F38 #3842A9

analogous

#A96738 #A99F38 #7BA938

triadic

#A99F38 #38A99F #9F38A9

tetradic

#A99F38 #38A967 #3842A9 #A9387B

square

#A99F38 #38A967 #3842A9 #A9387B

split-complementary

#A99F38 #387BA9 #6738A9

monochromatic

#4D491A #7B7429 #A99F38 #C7BD57 #D7CF85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A99F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#A99F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99F38

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99F38	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)

#AD9A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.123 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb74',
    500: '#a99f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99f38;
$custom-light: #c6bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.69,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69159,
    "c": 0.12278,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99F38

secondary

#7C82C0

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99F38

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

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