#A9922C#A9922C

#A9922C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.120 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9922C
RGB	rgb(169, 146, 44)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.94, -2.55, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.94, 54.20, 92.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% -0.0125 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.12 96)
XYZ	xyz(27.0971, 29.1761, 6.5867)
Luminance	0.2918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9922C #2C43A9

analogous

#A9542C #A9922C #82A92C

triadic

#A9922C #2CA992 #922CA9

tetradic

#A9922C #2CA954 #2C43A9 #A92C82

square

#A9922C #2CA954 #2C43A9 #A92C82

split-complementary

#A9922C #2C82A9 #542CA9

monochromatic

#483E13 #78681F #A9922C #CEB544 #DBC874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#A9922C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#A9922C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9922C

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9922C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9922C	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9922c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 146, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.120 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b16c',
    500: '#a9922c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9922c;
$custom-light: #c6b16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9922c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66243,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.29175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9922C

secondary

#6E7EC3

accent

#63E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9922C

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

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