#A09827#A09827

#A09827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.128 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09827
RGB	rgb(160, 152, 39)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 75.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -10.04, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 57.33, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% -0.0337 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.128 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0928, 30.0776, 6.3502)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09827 #272FA0

analogous

#A05C27 #A09827 #6CA027

triadic

#A09827 #27A098 #9827A0

tetradic

#A09827 #27A05C #272FA0 #A0276C

square

#A09827 #27A05C #272FA0 #A0276C

split-complementary

#A09827 #276CA0 #5C27A0

monochromatic

#3E3B0F #6F691B #A09827 #CEC436 #DAD267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#A09827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#A09827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09827

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09827	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6920F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 152, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.128 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b66a',
    500: '#a09827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09827;
$custom-light: #c0b66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66657,
    "c": 0.12845,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09827

secondary

#6369C0

accent

#4EE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09827

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

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