#A09218#A09218

#A09218 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	#A09218
RGB	rgb(160, 146, 24)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(54, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 85%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, -7.38, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 59.96, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% -0.0275 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.131 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9422, 28.0985, 4.9737)
Luminance	0.2810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09218 #1826A0

analogous

#A04E18 #A09218 #6AA018

triadic

#A09218 #18A092 #9218A0

tetradic

#A09218 #18A04E #1826A0 #A0186A

square

#A09218 #18A04E #1826A0 #A0186A

split-complementary

#A09218 #186AA0 #4E18A0

monochromatic

#363108 #6B6110 #A09218 #D5C320 #E4D54E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A09218 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#A09218 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09218

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09218	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09218	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: #a09218;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 146, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.131 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b163',
    500: '#a09218',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09218;
$custom-light: #c0b163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09218",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.824,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65247,
    "c": 0.13052,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09218

secondary

#4D5AC6

accent

#4AF137

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09218

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

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