#A09243#A09243

#A09243 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.101 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09243
RGB	rgb(160, 146, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 58.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, -5.10, 43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 43.31, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% -0.0165 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.101 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7902, 28.4376, 9.4396)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09243 #4351A0

analogous

#A06443 #A09243 #80A043

triadic

#A09243 #43A092 #9243A0

tetradic

#A09243 #43A064 #4351A0 #A04380

square

#A09243 #43A064 #4351A0 #A04380

split-complementary

#A09243 #4380A0 #6443A0

monochromatic

#4A431F #756B31 #A09243 #BEB063 #D0C68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#A09243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#A09243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09243

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09243	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 146, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.101 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb17a',
    500: '#a09243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09243;
$custom-light: #beb17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.968,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65586,
    "c": 0.10134,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09243

secondary

#848CBB

accent

#69D157

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5EE

border

#D1CFC9

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09243

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

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