#A09937#A09937

#A09937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.118 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09937
RGB	rgb(160, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 65.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, -9.72, 50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 51.46, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67% -0.0311 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.118 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5790, 30.5328, 8.1070)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09937 #373EA0

analogous

#A06537 #A09937 #73A037

triadic

#A09937 #37A099 #9937A0

tetradic

#A09937 #37A065 #373EA0 #A03773

square

#A09937 #37A065 #373EA0 #A03773

split-complementary

#A09937 #3773A0 #6537A0

monochromatic

#454218 #726D27 #A09937 #C3BC51 #D3CD7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A09937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#A09937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09937

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09937	1.00	2.96	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.118 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb673',
    500: '#a09937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09937;
$custom-light: #bfb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67003,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09937

secondary

#777BBC

accent

#59D84F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09937

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

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