#A09821#A09821

#A09821 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.132 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09821
RGB	rgb(160, 152, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, -10.29, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 59.30, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% -0.035 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.132 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0011, 30.0409, 5.8674)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09821 #2129A0

analogous

#A05821 #A09821 #69A021

triadic

#A09821 #21A098 #9821A0

tetradic

#A09821 #21A058 #2129A0 #A02169

square

#A09821 #21A058 #2129A0 #A02169

split-complementary

#A09821 #2169A0 #5821A0

monochromatic

#3B380C #6D6817 #A09821 #D3C82B #DED65E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#A09821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#A09821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09821

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09821	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 152, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.132 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b667',
    500: '#a09821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09821;
$custom-light: #c0b667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66622,
    "c": 0.13169,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09821

secondary

#5B61C2

accent

#4AE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09821

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

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