#A09721#A09721

#A09721 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.131 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09721
RGB	rgb(160, 151, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, -9.76, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 58.97, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% -0.0335 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.131 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8395, 29.7177, 5.8135)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09721 #212AA0

analogous

#A05721 #A09721 #69A021

triadic

#A09721 #21A097 #9721A0

tetradic

#A09721 #21A057 #212AA0 #A02169

square

#A09721 #21A057 #212AA0 #A02169

split-complementary

#A09721 #2169A0 #5721A0

monochromatic

#3B370C #6D6717 #A09721 #D3C72B #DED55E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A09721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#A09721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09721

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09721	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	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)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 151, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.131 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b567',
    500: '#a09721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09721;
$custom-light: #c0b567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66399,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09721

secondary

#5B62C2

accent

#4BE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09721

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

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