#A09421#A09421

#A09421 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.128 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09421
RGB	rgb(160, 148, 33)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.57, -8.15, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.57, 57.98, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% -0.029 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.128 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3628, 28.7643, 5.6547)
Luminance	0.2876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09421 #212DA0

analogous

#A05521 #A09421 #6CA021

triadic

#A09421 #21A094 #9421A0

tetradic

#A09421 #21A055 #212DA0 #A0216C

square

#A09421 #21A055 #212DA0 #A0216C

split-complementary

#A09421 #216CA0 #5521A0

monochromatic

#3B360C #6D6517 #A09421 #D3C32B #DED25E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#A09421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#A09421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09421

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09421	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)

#A28F01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6942A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 148, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.128 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b367',
    500: '#a09421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09421;
$custom-light: #c0b367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.331,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65733,
    "c": 0.12813,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09421

secondary

#5B64C2

accent

#4FE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09421

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

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