#A09221#A09221

#A09221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.126 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09221
RGB	rgb(160, 146, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, -7.08, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 57.34, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% -0.026 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.126 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0518, 28.1423, 5.5510)
Luminance	0.2814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09221 #212FA0

analogous

#A05321 #A09221 #6EA021

triadic

#A09221 #21A092 #9221A0

tetradic

#A09221 #21A053 #212FA0 #A0216E

square

#A09221 #21A053 #212FA0 #A0216E

split-complementary

#A09221 #216EA0 #5321A0

monochromatic

#3B350C #6D6417 #A09221 #D3C02B #DED05E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A09221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#A09221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09221

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09221	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 146, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.126 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b167',
    500: '#a09221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09221;
$custom-light: #c0b167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.386,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65291,
    "c": 0.12643,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09221

secondary

#5B66C2

accent

#52E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09221

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

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