#A09142#A09142

#A09142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.101 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09142
RGB	rgb(160, 145, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 58.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.00, -4.64, 43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.00, 43.41, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0153 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.101 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6069, 28.1188, 9.2318)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09142 #4251A0

analogous

#A06242 #A09142 #80A042

triadic

#A09142 #42A091 #9142A0

tetradic

#A09142 #42A062 #4251A0 #A04280

square

#A09142 #42A062 #4251A0 #A04280

split-complementary

#A09142 #4280A0 #6242A0

monochromatic

#49421E #756A30 #A09142 #BEAF61 #D0C58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A09142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#A09142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09142

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09142	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 145, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.101 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb179',
    500: '#a09142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09142;
$custom-light: #beb179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.426,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65356,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09142

secondary

#838CBB

accent

#6AD156

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09142

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

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