#A09138#A09138

#A09138 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.110 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09138
RGB	rgb(160, 145, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, -5.36, 47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 48.05, 96.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% -0.0186 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.11 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3375, 28.0110, 7.8127)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09138 #3847A0

analogous

#A05D38 #A09138 #7BA038

triadic

#A09138 #38A091 #9138A0

tetradic

#A09138 #38A05D #3847A0 #A0387B

square

#A09138 #38A05D #3847A0 #A0387B

split-complementary

#A09138 #387BA0 #5D38A0

monochromatic

#453F18 #736828 #A09138 #C3B253 #D3C780

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A09138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#A09138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09138

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09138	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)

#9E8D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 145, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.110 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb173',
    500: '#a09138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09138;
$custom-light: #bfb173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.346,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65248,
    "c": 0.11016,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09138

secondary

#7882BC

accent

#64D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09138

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

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