#A09040#A09040

#A09040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.102 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09040
RGB	rgb(160, 144, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 60%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -4.25, 43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 44.00, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% -0.0144 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.102 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3969, 27.7914, 8.8760)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09040 #4050A0

analogous

#A06040 #A09040 #80A040

triadic

#A09040 #40A090 #9040A0

tetradic

#A09040 #40A060 #4050A0 #A04080

square

#A09040 #40A060 #4050A0 #A04080

split-complementary

#A09040 #4080A0 #6040A0

monochromatic

#49411D #74692F #A09040 #BFAF5E #D0C58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A09040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#A09040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09040

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09040	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 144, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.102 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb078',
    500: '#a09040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09040;
$custom-light: #bfb078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65115,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09040

secondary

#818ABB

accent

#6AD355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09040

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

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