#A09511#A09511

#A09511 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.135 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09511
RGB	rgb(160, 149, 17)
HSL	hsl(55, 81%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 89%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 89.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, -9.16, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 62.45, 98.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% -0.0329 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.135 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3471, 29.0101, 4.7946)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09511 #111CA0

analogous

#A04E11 #A09511 #63A011

triadic

#A09511 #11A095 #9511A0

tetradic

#A09511 #11A04E #111CA0 #A01163

square

#A09511 #11A04E #111CA0 #A01163

split-complementary

#A09511 #1163A0 #4E11A0

monochromatic

#312E05 #69610B #A09511 #D7C917 #EBDE41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#A09511 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#A09511 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09511

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09511	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09511	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79520

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09511;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 149, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.135 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b361',
    500: '#a09511',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09511;
$custom-light: #c0b361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09511",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 80.791,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65887,
    "c": 0.1354,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09511

secondary

#424DCB

accent

#40F731

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09511

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

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