#A99822#A99822

#A99822 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.131 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99822
RGB	rgb(169, 152, 34)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, -6.21, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 59.46, 95.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0239 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.131 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8805, 31.0083, 6.0297)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99822 #2233A9

analogous

#A95422 #A99822 #77A922

triadic

#A99822 #22A998 #9822A9

tetradic

#A99822 #22A954 #2233A9 #A92277

square

#A99822 #22A954 #2233A9 #A92277

split-complementary

#A99822 #2277A9 #5422A9

monochromatic

#433C0D #766A18 #A99822 #D6C132 #E0D165

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A99822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#A99822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99822

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99822	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 152, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.131 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b568',
    500: '#a99822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99822;
$custom-light: #c7b568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.444,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67475,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99822

secondary

#616EC5

accent

#54E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99822

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

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