#A99222#A99222

#A99222 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.126 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99222
RGB	rgb(169, 146, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, -2.97, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 57.75, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% -0.0147 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.126 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9313, 29.1098, 5.7133)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99222 #2239A9

analogous

#A94F22 #A99222 #7CA922

triadic

#A99222 #22A992 #9222A9

tetradic

#A99222 #22A94F #2239A9 #A9227C

square

#A99222 #22A94F #2239A9 #A9227C

split-complementary

#A99222 #227CA9 #4F22A9

monochromatic

#433A0D #766618 #A99222 #D6BA32 #E0CB65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#A99222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#A99222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A99222

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99222	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)

#A28F05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 146, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.126 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b167',
    500: '#a99222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99222;
$custom-light: #c7b167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66178,
    "c": 0.12603,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99222

secondary

#6172C5

accent

#5CE93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99222

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

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