#A09338#A09338

#A09338 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.112 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09338
RGB	rgb(160, 147, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, -6.44, 48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 48.77, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% -0.0217 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.112 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6458, 28.6276, 7.9154)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09338 #3845A0

analogous

#A05F38 #A09338 #79A038

triadic

#A09338 #38A093 #9338A0

tetradic

#A09338 #38A05F #3845A0 #A03879

square

#A09338 #38A05F #3845A0 #A03879

split-complementary

#A09338 #3879A0 #5F38A0

monochromatic

#454018 #736928 #A09338 #C3B553 #D3C880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A09338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#A09338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09338

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09338	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 147, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.112 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb273',
    500: '#a09338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09338;
$custom-light: #bfb273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65686,
    "c": 0.11196,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09338

secondary

#7880BC

accent

#61D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09338

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

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