#A09823#A09823
#A09823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.131 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A09823 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(160, 152, 35) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 64%, 38%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 78%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 5%, 78.1%, 37.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(61.70, -10.21, 57.78) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(61.70, 58.67, 100.02°) |
| OKLab | oklab(66.63% -0.0346 0.126) |
| OKLCH | oklch(66.63% 0.131 105.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.0299, 30.0524, 6.0194) |
| Luminance | 0.3005 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.17
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.37
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.67
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.75
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.85
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.94
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A09823 #232BA0
analogous
#A05923 #A09823 #69A023
triadic
#A09823 #23A098 #9823A0
tetradic
#A09823 #23A059 #232BA0 #A02369
square
#A09823 #23A059 #232BA0 #A02369
split-complementary
#A09823 #2369A0 #5923A0
monochromatic
#3C390D #6E6818 #A09823 #D1C72F #DCD561
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.00
#A09823 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
7.01
#A09823 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A09823
7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A09823 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A09823 | 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)
#A69204
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A9972C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AC8D82
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a09823; /* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 152, 35); /* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.131 105.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c0b668',
500: '#a09823',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a09823; $custom-light: #c0b668; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a09823",
"rgb": {
"r": 160,
"g": 152,
"b": 35
},
"hsl": {
"h": 56.16,
"s": 64.103,
"l": 38.235
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.66633,
"c": 0.13066,
"h": 105.3
},
"luminance": 0.30051
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A09823
secondary
#5D64C1
accent
#4BE741
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EB
border
#D1D0C6
text
#131107
muted
#82807A