#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
RGB	rgb(160, 146, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, -5.90, 48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 48.41, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% -0.0201 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.111 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4909, 28.3180, 7.8638)
Luminance	0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##A09238	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)

#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

Preview with #A09238

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

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