#A09230#A09230

#A09230 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.117 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09230
RGB	rgb(160, 146, 48)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 70%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, -6.38, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 51.83, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.0224 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.117 101)
XYZ	xyz(25.3107, 28.2459, 6.9145)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09230 #303EA0

analogous

#A05A30 #A09230 #76A030

triadic

#A09230 #30A092 #9230A0

tetradic

#A09230 #30A05A #303EA0 #A03076

square

#A09230 #30A05A #303EA0 #A03076

split-complementary

#A09230 #3076A0 #5A30A0

monochromatic

#423C14 #716722 #A09230 #C7B746 #D6C975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#A09230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#A09230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09230

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09230	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC887E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 146, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.117 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb16e',
    500: '#a09230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09230;
$custom-light: #bfb16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65395,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.28245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09230

secondary

#6E78BE

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09230

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

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