#A9922A#A9922A

#A9922A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.122 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9922A
RGB	rgb(169, 146, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, -2.64, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 54.95, 92.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% -0.013 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.122 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0604, 29.1614, 6.3934)
Luminance	0.2916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9922A #2A41A9

analogous

#A9532A #A9922A #81A92A

triadic

#A9922A #2AA992 #922AA9

tetradic

#A9922A #2AA953 #2A41A9 #A92A81

square

#A9922A #2AA953 #2A41A9 #A92A81

split-complementary

#A9922A #2A81A9 #532AA9

monochromatic

#473D12 #78681E #A9922A #D0B641 #DCC972

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#A9922A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#A9922A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9922A

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9922A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9922A	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	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)

#A18F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9922a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 146, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.122 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b16b',
    500: '#a9922a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9922a;
$custom-light: #c6b16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9922a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.134,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66228,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9922A

secondary

#6C7CC3

accent

#61E344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9922A

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

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