#A09537#A09537

#A09537 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.115 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09537
RGB	rgb(160, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 65.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, -7.58, 49.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 49.94, 98.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% -0.025 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.115 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9353, 29.2453, 7.8925)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09537 #3742A0

analogous

#A06037 #A09537 #77A037

triadic

#A09537 #37A095 #9537A0

tetradic

#A09537 #37A060 #3742A0 #A03777

square

#A09537 #37A060 #3742A0 #A03777

split-complementary

#A09537 #3777A0 #6037A0

monochromatic

#454018 #726B27 #A09537 #C3B751 #D3CA7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#A09537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#A09537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09537

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09537	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)

#A2902B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6953C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.115 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb373',
    500: '#a09537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09537;
$custom-light: #bfb373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.714,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66117,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09537

secondary

#777EBC

accent

#5ED84F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09537

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

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