#A09923#A09923

#A09923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.132 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09923
RGB	rgb(160, 153, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 78.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, -10.74, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 59.02, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% -0.0361 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.132 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1929, 30.3784, 6.0737)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09923 #232AA0

analogous

#A05A23 #A09923 #68A023

triadic

#A09923 #23A099 #9923A0

tetradic

#A09923 #23A05A #232AA0 #A02368

square

#A09923 #23A05A #232AA0 #A02368

split-complementary

#A09923 #2368A0 #5A23A0

monochromatic

#3C390D #6E6918 #A09923 #D1C82F #DCD661

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#A09923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#A09923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09923

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09923	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79303

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 153, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.132 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b668',
    500: '#a09923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09923;
$custom-light: #c0b668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.64,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66856,
    "c": 0.13159,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09923

secondary

#5D63C1

accent

#4AE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09923

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

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