#A09717#A09717

#A09717 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.135 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09717
RGB	rgb(160, 151, 23)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(56, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, -10.08, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 61.74, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0351 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.135 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7197, 29.6697, 5.1825)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09717 #1720A0

analogous

#A05217 #A09717 #64A017

triadic

#A09717 #17A097 #9717A0

tetradic

#A09717 #17A052 #1720A0 #A01764

square

#A09717 #17A052 #1720A0 #A01764

split-complementary

#A09717 #1764A0 #5217A0

monochromatic

#353208 #6A640F #A09717 #D6C91F #E5DB4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A09717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#A09717 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09717

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09717	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 151, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.135 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b563',
    500: '#a09717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09717;
$custom-light: #c0b563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66353,
    "c": 0.13513,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09717

secondary

#4C54C7

accent

#43F136

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09717

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

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