#A09517#A09517

#A09517 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.133 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09517
RGB	rgb(160, 149, 23)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, -9.01, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 61.12, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% -0.0322 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.133 104)
XYZ	xyz(25.4005, 29.0314, 5.0761)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09517 #1722A0

analogous

#A05017 #A09517 #67A017

triadic

#A09517 #17A095 #9517A0

tetradic

#A09517 #17A050 #1722A0 #A01767

square

#A09517 #17A050 #1722A0 #A01767

split-complementary

#A09517 #1767A0 #5017A0

monochromatic

#353108 #6A630F #A09517 #D6C71F #E5D94C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#A09517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#A09517 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09517

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09517	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79523

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 149, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.133 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b363',
    500: '#a09517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09517;
$custom-light: #c0b363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65908,
    "c": 0.1334,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.2903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09517

secondary

#4C56C7

accent

#45F136

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09517

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

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