#A09438#A09438

#A09438 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.113 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09438
RGB	rgb(160, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, -6.98, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 49.14, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% -0.0232 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.113 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8019, 28.9400, 7.9675)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09438 #3844A0

analogous

#A06038 #A09438 #78A038

triadic

#A09438 #38A094 #9438A0

tetradic

#A09438 #38A060 #3844A0 #A03878

square

#A09438 #38A060 #3844A0 #A03878

split-complementary

#A09438 #3878A0 #6038A0

monochromatic

#454018 #736A28 #A09438 #C3B653 #D3C980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#A09438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#A09438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09438

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09438	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1902D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.113 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb373',
    500: '#a09438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09438;
$custom-light: #bfb373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65906,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09438

secondary

#7880BC

accent

#60D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09438

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

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