#A09117#A09117

#A09117 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.130 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09117
RGB	rgb(160, 145, 23)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(53, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -6.87, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 59.92, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% -0.0262 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.13 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7785, 27.7874, 4.8688)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09117 #1726A0

analogous

#A04D17 #A09117 #6AA017

triadic

#A09117 #17A091 #9117A0

tetradic

#A09117 #17A04D #1726A0 #A0176A

square

#A09117 #17A04D #1726A0 #A0176A

split-complementary

#A09117 #176AA0 #4D17A0

monochromatic

#353008 #6A610F #A09117 #D6C11F #E5D54C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A09117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#A09117 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09117

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09117	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)

#A08C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD867C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 145, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.130 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b063',
    500: '#a09117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09117;
$custom-light: #c0b063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.431,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65023,
    "c": 0.13009,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09117

secondary

#4C59C7

accent

#4BF136

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09117

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

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