#A09255#A09255

#A09255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.083 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09255
RGB	rgb(160, 146, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 31%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 46.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, -3.47, 34.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 34.26, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% -0.0098 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.083 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4165, 28.6882, 12.7384)
Luminance	0.2869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09255 #5563A0

analogous

#A06C55 #A09255 #88A055

triadic

#A09255 #55A092 #9255A0

tetradic

#A09255 #55A06C #5563A0 #A05588

square

#A09255 #55A06C #5563A0 #A05588

split-complementary

#A09255 #5588A0 #6C55A0

monochromatic

#50492B #786E40 #A09255 #B8AD7A #CEC5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A09255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#A09255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09255

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09255	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 146, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.083 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb186',
    500: '#a09255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09255;
$custom-light: #beb186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.8,
    "s": 30.612,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65836,
    "c": 0.08272,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09255

secondary

#969DBB

accent

#74C761

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F7F5EF

border

#D0CFCA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09255

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

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