#A09617#A09617

#A09617 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.134 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09617
RGB	rgb(160, 150, 23)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(56, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, -9.55, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 61.43, 98.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% -0.0337 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.134 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5594, 29.3492, 5.1291)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09617 #1721A0

analogous

#A05117 #A09617 #65A017

triadic

#A09617 #17A096 #9617A0

tetradic

#A09617 #17A051 #1721A0 #A01765

square

#A09617 #17A051 #1721A0 #A01765

split-complementary

#A09617 #1765A0 #5117A0

monochromatic

#353208 #6A640F #A09617 #D6C81F #E5DA4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#A09617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#A09617 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09617

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09617	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 150, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.134 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b463',
    500: '#a09617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09617;
$custom-light: #c0b463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.62,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6613,
    "c": 0.13426,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09617

secondary

#4C55C7

accent

#44F136

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09617

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

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