#A99522#A99522

#A99522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.128 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99522
RGB	rgb(169, 149, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, -4.59, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 58.58, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.0193 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.128 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3998, 30.0468, 5.8695)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99522 #2236A9

analogous

#A95222 #A99522 #7AA922

triadic

#A99522 #22A995 #9522A9

tetradic

#A99522 #22A952 #2236A9 #A9227A

square

#A99522 #22A952 #2236A9 #A9227A

split-complementary

#A99522 #227AA9 #5222A9

monochromatic

#433B0D #766818 #A99522 #D6BE32 #E0CE65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#A99522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#A99522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99522

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99522	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49103

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 149, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.128 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b368',
    500: '#a99522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99522;
$custom-light: #c7b368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66825,
    "c": 0.12821,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99522

secondary

#6170C5

accent

#58E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99522

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

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