#A09223#A09223

#A09223 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.125 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09223
RGB	rgb(160, 146, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 78.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, -7.00, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 56.69, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% -0.0256 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.125 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0807, 28.1538, 5.7029)
Luminance	0.2815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09223 #2331A0

analogous

#A05323 #A09223 #6FA023

triadic

#A09223 #23A092 #9223A0

tetradic

#A09223 #23A053 #2331A0 #A0236F

square

#A09223 #23A053 #2331A0 #A0236F

split-complementary

#A09223 #236FA0 #5323A0

monochromatic

#3C360D #6E6418 #A09223 #D1BF2F #DCCF61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A09223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#A09223 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09223

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09223	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)

#A08D08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 146, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.125 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b168',
    500: '#a09223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09223;
$custom-light: #c0b168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.28,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65303,
    "c": 0.12538,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09223

secondary

#5D69C1

accent

#53E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09223

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

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