#A99422#A99422

#A99422 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.127 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99422
RGB	rgb(169, 148, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, -4.05, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 58.30, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% -0.0178 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.127 98)
XYZ	xyz(27.2423, 29.7318, 5.8169)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99422 #2237A9

analogous

#A95122 #A99422 #7AA922

triadic

#A99422 #22A994 #9422A9

tetradic

#A99422 #22A951 #2237A9 #A9227A

square

#A99422 #22A951 #2237A9 #A9227A

split-complementary

#A99422 #227AA9 #5122A9

monochromatic

#433B0D #766718 #A99422 #D6BC32 #E0CD65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A99422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#A99422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A99422

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99422	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49003

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 148, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.127 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b368',
    500: '#a99422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99422;
$custom-light: #c7b368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66609,
    "c": 0.12746,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.2973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99422

secondary

#6171C5

accent

#59E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EB

border

#D2CFC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99422

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

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