#A09917#A09917

#A09917 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.137 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09917
RGB	rgb(160, 153, 23)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, -11.14, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 62.38, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.0381 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.137 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0443, 30.3189, 5.2907)
Luminance	0.3032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09917 #171EA0

analogous

#A05417 #A09917 #62A017

triadic

#A09917 #17A099 #9917A0

tetradic

#A09917 #17A054 #171EA0 #A01762

square

#A09917 #17A054 #171EA0 #A01762

split-complementary

#A09917 #1762A0 #5417A0

monochromatic

#353308 #6A660F #A09917 #D6CC1F #E5DD4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#A09917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#A09917 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09917

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09917	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 153, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.137 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b664',
    500: '#a09917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09917;
$custom-light: #c0b664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.934,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66799,
    "c": 0.13691,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09917

secondary

#4C52C7

accent

#40F136

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09917

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

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