#A09A16#A09A16

#A09A16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.138 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09A16
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 22)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 86.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, -11.69, 61.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 62.94, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% -0.0397 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.138 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1988, 30.6437, 5.2937)
Luminance	0.3064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A16 #161CA0

analogous

#A05516 #A09A16 #61A016

triadic

#A09A16 #16A09A #9A16A0

tetradic

#A09A16 #16A055 #161CA0 #A01661

square

#A09A16 #16A055 #161CA0 #A01661

split-complementary

#A09A16 #1661A0 #5516A0

monochromatic

#343207 #6A660F #A09A16 #D6CE1D #E6DF4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A09A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#A09A16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A16

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A16	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.138 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b764',
    500: '#a09a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a16;
$custom-light: #c0b764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67019,
    "c": 0.13817,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A16

secondary

#4A50C8

accent

#3EF235

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A16

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

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