#A09536#A09536

#A09536 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.115 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09536
RGB	rgb(160, 149, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 66.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, -7.64, 49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 50.38, 98.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% -0.0253 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.115 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9115, 29.2359, 7.7675)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09536 #3641A0

analogous

#A06036 #A09536 #76A036

triadic

#A09536 #36A095 #9536A0

tetradic

#A09536 #36A060 #3641A0 #A03676

square

#A09536 #36A060 #3641A0 #A03676

split-complementary

#A09536 #3676A0 #6036A0

monochromatic

#444017 #726A27 #A09536 #C4B84F #D3CA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#A09536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#A09536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09536

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09536	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)

#A2902A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6953C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 149, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.115 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb372',
    500: '#a09536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09536;
$custom-light: #bfb372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.774,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66108,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09536

secondary

#757DBC

accent

#5DD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09536

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

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