#A99220#A99220

#A99220 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.127 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99220
RGB	rgb(169, 146, 32)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 81.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, -3.04, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 58.39, 92.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% -0.0151 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.127 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9032, 29.0986, 5.5658)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99220 #2037A9

analogous

#A94E20 #A99220 #7CA920

triadic

#A99220 #20A992 #9220A9

tetradic

#A99220 #20A94E #2037A9 #A9207C

square

#A99220 #20A94E #2037A9 #A9207C

split-complementary

#A99220 #207CA9 #4E20A9

monochromatic

#42390D #766616 #A99220 #D8BB2F #E1CC62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#A99220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#A99220 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A99220

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99220	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 146, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.127 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b166',
    500: '#a99220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99220;
$custom-light: #c7b166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.927,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66167,
    "c": 0.12701,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99220

secondary

#5F70C6

accent

#5AEB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99220

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

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