#A99922#A99922

#A99922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.131 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99922
RGB	rgb(169, 153, 34)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -6.74, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 59.76, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.0254 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.131 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0435, 31.3343, 6.0840)
Luminance	0.3133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99922 #2232A9

analogous

#A95622 #A99922 #75A922

triadic

#A99922 #22A999 #9922A9

tetradic

#A99922 #22A956 #2232A9 #A92275

square

#A99922 #22A956 #2232A9 #A92275

split-complementary

#A99922 #2275A9 #5622A9

monochromatic

#433D0D #766B18 #A99922 #D6C232 #E0D265

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A99922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#A99922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99922

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99922	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 153, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.131 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b668',
    500: '#a99922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99922;
$custom-light: #c7b668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67693,
    "c": 0.13132,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99922

secondary

#616DC5

accent

#53E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99922

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

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