#A09621#A09621

#A09621 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.130 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09621
RGB	rgb(160, 150, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, -9.22, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 58.63, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% -0.032 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.13 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6792, 29.3971, 5.7601)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09621 #212BA0

analogous

#A05721 #A09621 #6AA021

triadic

#A09621 #21A096 #9621A0

tetradic

#A09621 #21A057 #212BA0 #A0216A

square

#A09621 #21A057 #212BA0 #A0216A

split-complementary

#A09621 #216AA0 #5721A0

monochromatic

#3B370C #6D6617 #A09621 #D3C62B #DED45E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#A09621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#A09621 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09621

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09621	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 150, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.130 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b467',
    500: '#a09621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09621;
$custom-light: #c0b467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66177,
    "c": 0.12989,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09621

secondary

#5B63C2

accent

#4CE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09621

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

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