#A09121#A09121

#A09121 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.126 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09121
RGB	rgb(160, 145, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, -6.54, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 57.03, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% -0.0244 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.126 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8983, 27.8354, 5.4998)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09121 #2130A0

analogous

#A05121 #A09121 #70A021

triadic

#A09121 #21A091 #9121A0

tetradic

#A09121 #21A051 #2130A0 #A02170

square

#A09121 #21A051 #2130A0 #A02170

split-complementary

#A09121 #2170A0 #5121A0

monochromatic

#3B350C #6D6317 #A09121 #D3BF2B #DECF5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A09121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#A09121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09121

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09121	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4922A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD867C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 145, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.126 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b067',
    500: '#a09121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09121;
$custom-light: #c0b067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65071,
    "c": 0.12561,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09121

secondary

#5B67C2

accent

#53E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09121

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

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