#A09022#A09022

#A09022 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.124 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09022
RGB	rgb(160, 144, 34)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 78.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -5.96, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 56.39, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% -0.0227 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7604, 27.5368, 5.5240)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09022 #2232A0

analogous

#A05122 #A09022 #71A022

triadic

#A09022 #22A090 #9022A0

tetradic

#A09022 #22A051 #2232A0 #A02271

square

#A09022 #22A051 #2232A0 #A02271

split-complementary

#A09022 #2271A0 #5122A0

monochromatic

#3B350D #6E6317 #A09022 #D2BD2D #DDCD5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A09022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#A09022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09022

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09022	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)

#9E8C07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 144, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b067',
    500: '#a09022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09022;
$custom-light: #c0b067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64857,
    "c": 0.12426,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09022

secondary

#5C69C2

accent

#55E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09022

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

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