#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
RGBrgb(160, 149, 33)
HSLhsl(55, 66%, 38%)
HSVhsv(55, 79%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.9%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(60.85, -8.69, 57.65)
CIE-LCHlch(60.85, 58.31, 98.57°)
OKLaboklab(65.96% -0.0305 0.1254)
OKLCHoklch(65.96% 0.129 103.7)
XYZxyz(25.5203, 29.0794, 5.7072)
Luminance0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##A095211.003.086.826.82
#FFFFFF3.081.0021.0021.00
#0000006.8221.001.001.00
##0000006.8221.001.001.00

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

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#A09521 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva