#A09020#A09020

#A09020 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09020
RGB	rgb(160, 144, 32)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 80%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, -6.04, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 57.05, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% -0.0231 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7324, 27.5256, 5.3765)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09020 #2030A0

analogous

#A05020 #A09020 #70A020

triadic

#A09020 #20A090 #9020A0

tetradic

#A09020 #20A050 #2030A0 #A02070

square

#A09020 #20A050 #2030A0 #A02070

split-complementary

#A09020 #2070A0 #5020A0

monochromatic

#3A340C #6D6216 #A09020 #D3BE2A #DECE5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A09020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#A09020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09020

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09020	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 144, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b066',
    500: '#a09020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09020;
$custom-light: #c0b066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64845,
    "c": 0.12531,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09020

secondary

#5966C3

accent

#54EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09020

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

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