#A09642#A09642

#A09642 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.106 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09642
RGB	rgb(160, 150, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 58.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, -7.34, 44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 45.33, 99.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% -0.0231 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.106 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3878, 29.6806, 9.4921)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09642 #424CA0

analogous

#A06742 #A09642 #7BA042

triadic

#A09642 #42A096 #9642A0

tetradic

#A09642 #42A067 #424CA0 #A0427B

square

#A09642 #42A067 #424CA0 #A0427B

split-complementary

#A09642 #427BA0 #6742A0

monochromatic

#49451E #756D30 #A09642 #BEB461 #D0C98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A09642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#A09642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09642

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09642	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 150, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.106 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb479',
    500: '#a09642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09642;
$custom-light: #beb479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.617,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66452,
    "c": 0.1061,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09642

secondary

#8389BB

accent

#63D156

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09642

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

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