#A99022#A99022

#A99022 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.125 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99022
RGB	rgb(169, 144, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, -1.88, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 57.22, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% -0.0117 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.125 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6256, 28.4985, 5.6114)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99022 #223BA9

analogous

#A94D22 #A99022 #7EA922

triadic

#A99022 #22A990 #9022A9

tetradic

#A99022 #22A94D #223BA9 #A9227E

square

#A99022 #22A94D #223BA9 #A9227E

split-complementary

#A99022 #227EA9 #4D22A9

monochromatic

#43390D #766518 #A99022 #D6B832 #E0C965

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#A99022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#A99022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A99022

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99022	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 144, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.125 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b067',
    500: '#a99022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99022;
$custom-light: #c7b067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65749,
    "c": 0.12467,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99022

secondary

#6174C5

accent

#5EE93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99022

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

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