#A09037#A09037

#A09037 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.110 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09037
RGB	rgb(160, 144, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 65.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -4.88, 47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 48.15, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% -0.0173 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.11 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1611, 27.6971, 7.6344)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09037 #3747A0

analogous

#A05C37 #A09037 #7CA037

triadic

#A09037 #37A090 #9037A0

tetradic

#A09037 #37A05C #3747A0 #A0377C

square

#A09037 #37A05C #3747A0 #A0377C

split-complementary

#A09037 #377CA0 #5C37A0

monochromatic

#453E18 #726727 #A09037 #C3B251 #D3C67F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A09037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#A09037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09037

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09037	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)

#9D8C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 144, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.110 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb072',
    500: '#a09037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09037;
$custom-light: #bfb072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.857,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65019,
    "c": 0.11011,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09037

secondary

#7781BC

accent

#64D84F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09037

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

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