#A09228#A09228

#A09228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.122 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09228
RGB	rgb(160, 146, 40)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 75%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, -6.79, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 54.93, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% -0.0245 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.123 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1603, 28.1857, 6.1222)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09228 #2836A0

analogous

#A05628 #A09228 #72A028

triadic

#A09228 #28A092 #9228A0

tetradic

#A09228 #28A056 #2836A0 #A02872

square

#A09228 #28A056 #2836A0 #A02872

split-complementary

#A09228 #2872A0 #5628A0

monochromatic

#3E3910 #6F651C #A09228 #CDBC38 #D9CC69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#A09228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#A09228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09228

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09228	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 146, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.122 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b16a',
    500: '#a09228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09228;
$custom-light: #c0b16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65335,
    "c": 0.1225,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09228

secondary

#646FC0

accent

#57E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09228

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

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