#A09137#A09137

#A09137 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.111 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09137
RGB	rgb(160, 145, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 65.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, -5.42, 48.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 48.50, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.0189 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.111 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3133, 28.0013, 7.6851)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09137 #3746A0

analogous

#A05D37 #A09137 #7AA037

triadic

#A09137 #37A091 #9137A0

tetradic

#A09137 #37A05D #3746A0 #A0377A

square

#A09137 #37A05D #3746A0 #A0377A

split-complementary

#A09137 #377AA0 #5D37A0

monochromatic

#453E18 #726827 #A09137 #C3B351 #D3C77F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A09137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#A09137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09137

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09137	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 145, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.111 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb172',
    500: '#a09137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09137;
$custom-light: #bfb172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65238,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09137

secondary

#7781BC

accent

#63D84F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09137

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

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