#A99B22#A99B22

#A99B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.133 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99B22
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 34)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, -7.81, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 60.38, 97.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.0284 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.133 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3736, 31.9945, 6.1941)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99B22 #2230A9

analogous

#A95822 #A99B22 #73A922

triadic

#A99B22 #22A99B #9B22A9

tetradic

#A99B22 #22A958 #2230A9 #A92273

square

#A99B22 #22A958 #2230A9 #A92273

split-complementary

#A99B22 #2273A9 #5822A9

monochromatic

#433E0D #766C18 #A99B22 #D6C532 #E0D365

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A99B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#A99B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99B22

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99B22	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.133 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b869',
    500: '#a99b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99b22;
$custom-light: #c7b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68129,
    "c": 0.13296,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99B22

secondary

#616CC5

accent

#50E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99B22

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

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