#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
RGBrgb(169, 149, 34)
HSLhsl(51, 67%, 40%)
HSVhsv(51, 80%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.8%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(61.69, -4.59, 58.40)
CIE-LCHlch(61.69, 58.58, 94.50°)
OKLaboklab(66.83% -0.0193 0.1267)
OKLCHoklch(66.83% 0.128 98.7)
XYZxyz(27.3998, 30.0468, 5.8695)
Luminance0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##A995221.003.007.017.01
#FFFFFF3.001.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0121.001.001.00
##0000007.0121.001.001.00

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

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#A99522 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva