#A09217#A09217

#A09217 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.131 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09217
RGB	rgb(160, 146, 23)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(54, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, -7.41, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 60.21, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.0277 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.131 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9320, 28.0944, 4.9199)
Luminance	0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09217 #1725A0

analogous

#A04E17 #A09217 #69A017

triadic

#A09217 #17A092 #9217A0

tetradic

#A09217 #17A04E #1725A0 #A01769

square

#A09217 #17A04E #1725A0 #A01769

split-complementary

#A09217 #1769A0 #4E17A0

monochromatic

#353008 #6A610F #A09217 #D6C31F #E5D64C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A09217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#A09217 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09217

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09217	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)

#A18D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD877C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 146, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.131 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b163',
    500: '#a09217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09217;
$custom-light: #c0b163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.869,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65243,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09217

secondary

#4C58C7

accent

#49F136

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09217

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

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