#A09837#A09837

#A09837 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.117 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09837
RGB	rgb(160, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 65.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.83, -9.19, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.83, 51.08, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% -0.0296 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.117 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4160, 30.2069, 8.0527)
Luminance	0.3021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09837 #373FA0

analogous

#A06437 #A09837 #73A037

triadic

#A09837 #37A098 #9837A0

tetradic

#A09837 #37A064 #373FA0 #A03773

square

#A09837 #37A064 #373FA0 #A03773

split-complementary

#A09837 #3773A0 #6437A0

monochromatic

#454118 #726D27 #A09837 #C3BA51 #D3CC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#A09837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#A09837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09837

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09837	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.117 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb673',
    500: '#a09837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09837;
$custom-light: #bfb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.429,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66781,
    "c": 0.11749,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09837

secondary

#777CBC

accent

#5AD84F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09837

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

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