#A09936#A09936

#A09936 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.119 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09936
RGB	rgb(160, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 66.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.10, -9.78, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.10, 51.89, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% -0.0314 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.119 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5553, 30.5233, 7.9821)
Luminance	0.3052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09936 #363DA0

analogous

#A06436 #A09936 #72A036

triadic

#A09936 #36A099 #9936A0

tetradic

#A09936 #36A064 #363DA0 #A03672

square

#A09936 #36A064 #363DA0 #A03672

split-complementary

#A09936 #3672A0 #6436A0

monochromatic

#444117 #726D27 #A09936 #C4BC4F #D3CE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A09936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#A09936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09936

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09936	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.119 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb672',
    500: '#a09936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09936;
$custom-light: #bfb672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.038,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66994,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09936

secondary

#757ABC

accent

#58D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09936

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

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