#A09521#A09521

#A09521 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.129 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09521
RGB	rgb(160, 149, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, -8.69, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 58.31, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% -0.0305 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.129 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5203, 29.0794, 5.7072)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09521 #212CA0

analogous

#A05521 #A09521 #6BA021

triadic

#A09521 #21A095 #9521A0

tetradic

#A09521 #21A055 #212CA0 #A0216B

square

#A09521 #21A055 #212CA0 #A0216B

split-complementary

#A09521 #216BA0 #5521A0

monochromatic

#3B370C #6D6617 #A09521 #D3C42B #DED35E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#A09521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#A09521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09521

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09521	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39001

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 149, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.129 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b367',
    500: '#a09521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09521;
$custom-light: #c0b367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.803,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65955,
    "c": 0.129,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09521

secondary

#5B64C2

accent

#4EE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09521

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

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