#A09552#A09552

#A09552 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.089 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09552
RGB	rgb(160, 149, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 32%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 48.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.29, -5.40, 36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.29, 37.02, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% -0.0157 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.089 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7684, 29.5786, 12.2802)
Luminance	0.2958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09552 #525DA0

analogous

#A06E52 #A09552 #84A052

triadic

#A09552 #52A095 #9552A0

tetradic

#A09552 #52A06E #525DA0 #A05284

square

#A09552 #52A06E #525DA0 #A05284

split-complementary

#A09552 #5284A0 #6E52A0

monochromatic

#4F4A29 #786F3D #A09552 #B9B076 #CEC79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A09552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#A09552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09552

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09552	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0914C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 149, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.089 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb484',
    500: '#a09552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09552;
$custom-light: #beb484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.538,
    "s": 32.231,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66442,
    "c": 0.08896,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09552

secondary

#9399BB

accent

#6EC85F

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12110B

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09552

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

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