#A09231#A09231

#A09231 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.116 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09231
RGB	rgb(160, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 69.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, -6.32, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 51.41, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.0222 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.116 101)
XYZ	xyz(25.3316, 28.2542, 7.0244)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09231 #313FA0

analogous

#A05A31 #A09231 #76A031

triadic

#A09231 #31A092 #9231A0

tetradic

#A09231 #31A05A #313FA0 #A03176

square

#A09231 #31A05A #313FA0 #A03176

split-complementary

#A09231 #3176A0 #5A31A0

monochromatic

#423C14 #716723 #A09231 #C7B747 #D5C976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#A09231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#A09231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09231

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09231	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)

#A08E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC887E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.116 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb16f',
    500: '#a09231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09231;
$custom-light: #bfb16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.432,
    "s": 53.11,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65403,
    "c": 0.11647,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.28253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09231

secondary

#7079BD

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09231

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

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