#A09021#A09021

#A09021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09021
RGB	rgb(160, 144, 33)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, -6.00, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 56.72, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% -0.0229 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7462, 27.5311, 5.4491)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09021 #2131A0

analogous

#A05021 #A09021 #70A021

triadic

#A09021 #21A090 #9021A0

tetradic

#A09021 #21A050 #2131A0 #A02170

square

#A09021 #21A050 #2131A0 #A02170

split-complementary

#A09021 #2170A0 #5021A0

monochromatic

#3B350C #6D6217 #A09021 #D3BE2B #DECE5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A09021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#A09021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09021

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09021	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 144, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b066',
    500: '#a09021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09021;
$custom-light: #c0b066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64851,
    "c": 0.12479,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09021

secondary

#5B68C2

accent

#54E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09021

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

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