#A09225#A09225

#A09225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.124 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09225
RGB	rgb(160, 146, 37)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 76.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, -6.92, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 56.00, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% -0.0251 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.124 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1112, 28.1661, 5.8638)
Luminance	0.2817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09225 #2533A0

analogous

#A05425 #A09225 #70A025

triadic

#A09225 #25A092 #9225A0

tetradic

#A09225 #25A054 #2533A0 #A02570

square

#A09225 #25A054 #2533A0 #A02570

split-complementary

#A09225 #2570A0 #5425A0

monochromatic

#3D370E #6E651A #A09225 #D0BE32 #DBCE64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A09225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#A09225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09225

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09225	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)

#A08D0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 146, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.124 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b169',
    500: '#a09225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09225;
$custom-light: #c0b169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.171,
    "s": 62.437,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65315,
    "c": 0.12427,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09225

secondary

#606BC1

accent

#55E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09225

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

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