#A09236#A09236

#A09236 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.113 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09236
RGB	rgb(160, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 66.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, -6.03, 48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 49.29, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% -0.0207 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.113 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4430, 28.2988, 7.6113)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09236 #3644A0

analogous

#A05D36 #A09236 #79A036

triadic

#A09236 #36A092 #9236A0

tetradic

#A09236 #36A05D #3644A0 #A03679

square

#A09236 #36A05D #3644A0 #A03679

split-complementary

#A09236 #3679A0 #5D36A0

monochromatic

#443E17 #726827 #A09236 #C4B44F #D3C87D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#A09236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#A09236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09236

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09236	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)

#9F8E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.113 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb172',
    500: '#a09236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09236;
$custom-light: #bfb172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65448,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09236

secondary

#757FBC

accent

#61D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09236

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

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