#A99D22#A99D22

#A99D22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.135 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D22
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 34)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, -8.87, 60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 61.01, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% -0.0314 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.135 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7092, 32.6657, 6.3059)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D22 #222EA9

analogous

#A95A22 #A99D22 #71A922

triadic

#A99D22 #22A99D #9D22A9

tetradic

#A99D22 #22A95A #222EA9 #A92271

square

#A99D22 #22A95A #222EA9 #A92271

split-complementary

#A99D22 #2271A9 #5A22A9

monochromatic

#433E0D #766E18 #A99D22 #D6C732 #E0D565

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A99D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#A99D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D22

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D22	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.135 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b969',
    500: '#a99d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d22;
$custom-light: #c7b969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68567,
    "c": 0.13465,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D22

secondary

#616AC5

accent

#4EE93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D22

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

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