#A09548#A09548

#A09548 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.099 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09548
RGB	rgb(160, 149, 72)
HSL	hsl(53, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 55%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, -6.32, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 42.04, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.0194 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.099 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4152, 29.4373, 10.4202)
Luminance	0.2944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09548 #4853A0

analogous

#A06948 #A09548 #7FA048

triadic

#A09548 #48A095 #9548A0

tetradic

#A09548 #48A069 #4853A0 #A0487F

square

#A09548 #48A069 #4853A0 #A0487F

split-complementary

#A09548 #487FA0 #6948A0

monochromatic

#4C4622 #766E35 #A09548 #BCB169 #CFC794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#A09548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#A09548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09548

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09548	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4964C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 149, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.099 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb37d',
    500: '#a09548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09548;
$custom-light: #beb37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66305,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09548

secondary

#898FBB

accent

#68CE5A

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#12110A

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09548

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

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