#A09922#A09922

#A09922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.132 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09922
RGB	rgb(160, 153, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 78.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.97, -10.78, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.97, 59.33, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0363 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.132 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1783, 30.3725, 5.9966)
Luminance	0.3037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09922 #2229A0

analogous

#A05A22 #A09922 #68A022

triadic

#A09922 #22A099 #9922A0

tetradic

#A09922 #22A05A #2229A0 #A02268

square

#A09922 #22A05A #2229A0 #A02268

split-complementary

#A09922 #2268A0 #5A22A0

monochromatic

#3B380D #6E6917 #A09922 #D2C92D #DDD65F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#A09922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#A09922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09922

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09922	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 153, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.132 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b668',
    500: '#a09922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09922;
$custom-light: #c0b668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6685,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09922

secondary

#5C62C2

accent

#49E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09922

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

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