#A09238#A09238

#A09238 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.111 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A09238
RGBrgb(160, 146, 56)
HSLhsl(52, 48%, 42%)
HSVhsv(52, 65%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.8%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(60.17, -5.90, 48.05)
CIE-LCHlch(60.17, 48.41, 97.00°)
OKLaboklab(65.47% -0.0201 0.1092)
OKLCHoklch(65.47% 0.111 100.4)
XYZxyz(25.4909, 28.3180, 7.8638)
Luminance0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A09238 #3846A0
analogous
#A05E38 #A09238 #7AA038
triadic
#A09238 #38A092 #9238A0
tetradic
#A09238 #38A05E #3846A0 #A0387A
square
#A09238 #38A05E #3846A0 #A0387A
split-complementary
#A09238 #387AA0 #5E38A0
monochromatic
#453F18 #736928 #A09238 #C3B453 #D3C780

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15
#A09238 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66
#A09238 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09238
6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A09238#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A092381.003.156.666.66
#FFFFFF3.151.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6621.001.001.00
##0000006.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9F8E2D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A3933D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AC887F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a09238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 146, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.111 100.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb173',
    500: '#a09238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a09238;
$custom-light: #bfb173;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a09238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65467,
    "c": 0.11105,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A09238
secondary
#7881BC
accent
#62D850
background
#FCFAF7
surface
#F8F5ED
border
#D1CFC8
text
#131008
muted
#827F7B

Preview Lab

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#A09238 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva