#A09023#A09023

#A09023 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	#A09023
RGB	rgb(160, 144, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 78.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -5.92, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 56.06, 96.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% -0.0225 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7750, 27.5426, 5.6011)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09023 #2333A0

analogous

#A05123 #A09023 #71A023

triadic

#A09023 #23A090 #9023A0

tetradic

#A09023 #23A051 #2333A0 #A02371

square

#A09023 #23A051 #2333A0 #A02371

split-complementary

#A09023 #2371A0 #5123A0

monochromatic

#3C360D #6E6318 #A09023 #D1BD2F #DCCD61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A09023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#A09023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09023

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09023	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)

#9E8C0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 144, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b067',
    500: '#a09023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09023;
$custom-light: #c0b067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64863,
    "c": 0.12372,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09023

secondary

#5D6AC1

accent

#56E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09023

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

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