#A09342#A09342

#A09342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.103 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09342
RGB	rgb(160, 147, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 58.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.55, -5.72, 43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.55, 44.16, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% -0.0184 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.103 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9152, 28.7354, 9.3346)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09342 #424FA0

analogous

#A06442 #A09342 #7EA042

triadic

#A09342 #42A093 #9342A0

tetradic

#A09342 #42A064 #424FA0 #A0427E

square

#A09342 #42A064 #424FA0 #A0427E

split-complementary

#A09342 #427EA0 #6442A0

monochromatic

#49431E #756B30 #A09342 #BEB161 #D0C78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#A09342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#A09342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09342

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09342	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 147, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.103 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb279',
    500: '#a09342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09342;
$custom-light: #beb279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.702,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65793,
    "c": 0.10321,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09342

secondary

#838BBB

accent

#67D156

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5EE

border

#D1CFC9

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09342

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →