#A09451#A09451

#A09451 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.089 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09451
RGB	rgb(160, 148, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 33%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 49.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, -4.96, 36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 37.13, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% -0.0145 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.089 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5731, 29.2484, 12.0287)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09451 #515DA0

analogous

#A06D51 #A09451 #85A051

triadic

#A09451 #51A094 #9451A0

tetradic

#A09451 #51A06D #515DA0 #A05185

square

#A09451 #51A06D #515DA0 #A05185

split-complementary

#A09451 #5185A0 #6D51A0

monochromatic

#4F4928 #776E3C #A09451 #B9AF75 #CEC69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#A09451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#A09451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09451

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09451	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F914B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 148, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.089 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb383',
    500: '#a09451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09451;
$custom-light: #beb383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.886,
    "s": 32.78,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66209,
    "c": 0.08905,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09451

secondary

#9298BB

accent

#6FC95F

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F7F5EF

border

#D0CFCA

text

#12110B

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09451

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

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