#A09235#A09235

#A09235 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.113 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09235
RGB	rgb(160, 146, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 66.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, -6.09, 49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 49.72, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% -0.021 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.113 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4198, 28.2895, 7.4889)
Luminance	0.2829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09235 #3543A0

analogous

#A05D35 #A09235 #79A035

triadic

#A09235 #35A092 #9235A0

tetradic

#A09235 #35A05D #3543A0 #A03579

square

#A09235 #35A05D #3543A0 #A03579

split-complementary

#A09235 #3579A0 #5D35A0

monochromatic

#443E17 #726826 #A09235 #C4B54E #D4C87C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#A09235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#A09235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09235

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09235	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 146, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.113 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb171',
    500: '#a09235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09235;
$custom-light: #bfb171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.15,
    "s": 50.235,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65438,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09235

secondary

#747EBC

accent

#60DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09235

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →