#A09222#A09222

#A09222 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.126 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09222
RGB	rgb(160, 146, 34)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 78.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, -7.04, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 57.02, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% -0.0258 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.126 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0660, 28.1480, 5.6258)
Luminance	0.2815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09222 #2230A0

analogous

#A05322 #A09222 #6FA022

triadic

#A09222 #22A092 #9222A0

tetradic

#A09222 #22A053 #2230A0 #A0226F

square

#A09222 #22A053 #2230A0 #A0226F

split-complementary

#A09222 #226FA0 #5322A0

monochromatic

#3B360D #6E6417 #A09222 #D2C02D #DDCF5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A09222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#A09222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09222

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09222	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 146, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.126 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b167',
    500: '#a09222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09222;
$custom-light: #c0b167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65297,
    "c": 0.12592,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09222

secondary

#5C67C2

accent

#53E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09222

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

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