#A09237#A09237

#A09237 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.112 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09237
RGB	rgb(160, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 65.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, -5.96, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 48.85, 97.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.0204 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.112 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4667, 28.3083, 7.7363)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09237 #3745A0

analogous

#A05E37 #A09237 #7AA037

triadic

#A09237 #37A092 #9237A0

tetradic

#A09237 #37A05E #3745A0 #A0377A

square

#A09237 #37A05E #3745A0 #A0377A

split-complementary

#A09237 #377AA0 #5E37A0

monochromatic

#453F18 #726827 #A09237 #C3B451 #D3C87F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#A09237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#A09237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09237

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09237	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)

#9F8E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.112 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb172',
    500: '#a09237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09237;
$custom-light: #bfb172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65457,
    "c": 0.11186,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09237

secondary

#7780BC

accent

#62D84F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09237

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

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