#A99C22#A99C22

#A99C22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.134 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99C22
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 34)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -8.34, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 60.69, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.0299 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.134 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5407, 32.3287, 6.2498)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99C22 #222FA9

analogous

#A95822 #A99C22 #73A922

triadic

#A99C22 #22A99C #9C22A9

tetradic

#A99C22 #22A958 #222FA9 #A92273

square

#A99C22 #22A958 #222FA9 #A92273

split-complementary

#A99C22 #2273A9 #5822A9

monochromatic

#433E0D #766D18 #A99C22 #D6C632 #E0D465

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A99C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#A99C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99C22

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99C22	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.134 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b869',
    500: '#a99c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99c22;
$custom-light: #c7b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.222,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68348,
    "c": 0.1338,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99C22

secondary

#616BC5

accent

#4FE93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99C22

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

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