#A09036#A09036

#A09036 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.111 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09036
RGB	rgb(160, 144, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 66.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -4.94, 48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 48.59, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0176 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.111 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1374, 27.6876, 7.5095)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09036 #3646A0

analogous

#A05B36 #A09036 #7BA036

triadic

#A09036 #36A090 #9036A0

tetradic

#A09036 #36A05B #3646A0 #A0367B

square

#A09036 #36A05B #3646A0 #A0367B

split-complementary

#A09036 #367BA0 #5B36A0

monochromatic

#443E17 #726727 #A09036 #C4B24F #D3C67D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A09036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#A09036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09036

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09036	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 144, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.111 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb072',
    500: '#a09036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09036;
$custom-light: #bfb072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6501,
    "c": 0.11091,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09036

secondary

#7580BC

accent

#64D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09036

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

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