#A09921#A09921

#A09921 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.133 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09921
RGB	rgb(160, 153, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.97, -10.82, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.97, 59.64, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0365 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.133 106)
XYZ	xyz(26.1641, 30.3669, 5.9217)
Luminance	0.3037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09921 #2128A0

analogous

#A05921 #A09921 #67A021

triadic

#A09921 #21A099 #9921A0

tetradic

#A09921 #21A059 #2128A0 #A02167

square

#A09921 #21A059 #2128A0 #A02167

split-complementary

#A09921 #2167A0 #5921A0

monochromatic

#3B380C #6D6817 #A09921 #D3CA2B #DED75E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#A09921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#A09921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09921

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09921	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 153, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.133 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b668',
    500: '#a09921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09921;
$custom-light: #c0b668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66845,
    "c": 0.13261,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.30366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09921

secondary

#5B60C2

accent

#48E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09921

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

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