#A99225#A99225

#A99225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.124 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99225
RGB	rgb(169, 146, 37)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 78.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, -2.85, 56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 56.75, 92.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.2% -0.0141 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(66.2% 0.124 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9764, 29.1278, 5.9512)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99225 #253CA9

analogous

#A95025 #A99225 #7EA925

triadic

#A99225 #25A992 #9225A9

tetradic

#A99225 #25A950 #253CA9 #A9257E

square

#A99225 #25A950 #253CA9 #A9257E

split-complementary

#A99225 #257EA9 #5025A9

monochromatic

#453B0F #77671A #A99225 #D3B838 #DECA6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#A99225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#A99225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A99225

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99225	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 146, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.124 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b169',
    500: '#a99225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99225;
$custom-light: #c7b169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66196,
    "c": 0.12445,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99225

secondary

#6576C4

accent

#5EE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99225

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

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