#A09248#A09248

#A09248 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.096 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09248
RGB	rgb(160, 146, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 55%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, -4.69, 40.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 40.86, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% -0.0147 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.096 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9467, 28.5003, 10.2640)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09248 #4856A0

analogous

#A06648 #A09248 #82A048

triadic

#A09248 #48A092 #9248A0

tetradic

#A09248 #48A066 #4856A0 #A04882

square

#A09248 #48A066 #4856A0 #A04882

split-complementary

#A09248 #4882A0 #6648A0

monochromatic

#4C4522 #766B35 #A09248 #BCAF69 #CFC594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#A09248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#A09248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09248

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09248	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 146, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.096 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb17d',
    500: '#a09248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09248;
$custom-light: #beb17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65649,
    "c": 0.09648,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09248

secondary

#8991BB

accent

#6CCE5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F5EE

border

#D0CFC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09248

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

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