#A09038#A09038

#A09038 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.109 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09038
RGB	rgb(160, 144, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -4.81, 47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 47.70, 95.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% -0.017 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.109 99)
XYZ	xyz(25.1853, 27.7068, 7.7619)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09038 #3848A0

analogous

#A05C38 #A09038 #7CA038

triadic

#A09038 #38A090 #9038A0

tetradic

#A09038 #38A05C #3848A0 #A0387C

square

#A09038 #38A05C #3848A0 #A0387C

split-complementary

#A09038 #387CA0 #5C38A0

monochromatic

#453E18 #736728 #A09038 #C3B153 #D3C680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A09038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#A09038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09038

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09038	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)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 144, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.109 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb073',
    500: '#a09038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09038;
$custom-light: #bfb073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65029,
    "c": 0.1093,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.27706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09038

secondary

#7882BC

accent

#65D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09038

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

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