#A09449#A09449

#A09449 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.097 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09449
RGB	rgb(160, 148, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 37%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 54.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, -5.69, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 41.15, 97.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% -0.0175 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.097 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2906, 29.1354, 10.5409)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09449 #4955A0

analogous

#A06849 #A09449 #80A049

triadic

#A09449 #49A094 #9449A0

tetradic

#A09449 #49A068 #4955A0 #A04980

square

#A09449 #49A068 #4955A0 #A04980

split-complementary

#A09449 #4980A0 #6849A0

monochromatic

#4C4623 #766D36 #A09449 #BBB06B #CFC795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#A09449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#A09449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09449

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09449	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4954C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 148, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.097 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb37e',
    500: '#a09449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09449;
$custom-light: #beb37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 37.339,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66099,
    "c": 0.09739,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09449

secondary

#8A91BB

accent

#6ACD5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F5EE

border

#D0CFC9

text

#12110A

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09449

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

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