#A99228#A99228

#A99228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.123 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99228
RGB	rgb(169, 146, 40)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 76.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.91, -2.73, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.91, 55.69, 92.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% -0.0135 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.123 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0255, 29.1475, 6.2096)
Luminance	0.2915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99228 #283FA9

analogous

#A95128 #A99228 #7FA928

triadic

#A99228 #28A992 #9228A9

tetradic

#A99228 #28A951 #283FA9 #A9287F

square

#A99228 #28A951 #283FA9 #A9287F

split-complementary

#A99228 #287FA9 #5128A9

monochromatic

#463C11 #78671C #A99228 #D1B73D #DDC96F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#A99228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#A99228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A99228

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99228	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)

#A18F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 146, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.123 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b16a',
    500: '#a99228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99228;
$custom-light: #c6b16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66215,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99228

secondary

#6979C4

accent

#60E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99228

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

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