#A09736#A09736

#A09736 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.117 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09736
RGB	rgb(160, 151, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 66.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, -8.72, 50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 51.12, 99.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% -0.0284 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.117 104)
XYZ	xyz(26.2307, 29.8741, 7.8739)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09736 #363FA0

analogous

#A06236 #A09736 #74A036

triadic

#A09736 #36A097 #9736A0

tetradic

#A09736 #36A062 #363FA0 #A03674

square

#A09736 #36A062 #363FA0 #A03674

split-complementary

#A09736 #3674A0 #6236A0

monochromatic

#444117 #726C27 #A09736 #C4BA4F #D3CC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A09736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#A09736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09736

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09736	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 151, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.117 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb572',
    500: '#a09736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09736;
$custom-light: #bfb572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.906,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6655,
    "c": 0.1173,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.29873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09736

secondary

#757CBC

accent

#5AD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09736

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

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