#A09A17#A09A17

#A09A17 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#A09A17
RGBrgb(160, 154, 23)
HSLhsl(57, 75%, 36%)
HSVhsv(57, 86%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.8%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.21, -11.67, 61.61)
CIE-LCHlch(62.21, 62.71, 100.72°)
OKLaboklab(67.02% -0.0396 0.132)
OKLCHoklch(67.02% 0.138 106.7)
XYZxyz(26.2086, 30.6476, 5.3455)
Luminance0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A09A17 #171DA0
analogous
#A05517 #A09A17 #61A017
triadic
#A09A17 #17A09A #9A17A0
tetradic
#A09A17 #17A055 #171DA0 #A01761
square
#A09A17 #17A055 #171DA0 #A01761
split-complementary
#A09A17 #1761A0 #5517A0
monochromatic
#353308 #6A660F #A09A17 #D6CD1F #E5DF4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95
#A09A17 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13
#A09A17 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A17
7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A09A17#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A09A171.002.957.137.13
#FFFFFF2.951.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1321.001.001.00
##0000007.1321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A89400
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AB9824
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AC8F83
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a09a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.138 106.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b764',
    500: '#a09a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a09a17;
$custom-light: #c0b764;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a09a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67023,
    "c": 0.13781,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A09A17
secondary
#4C51C7
accent
#3FF136
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EB
border
#D1D0C6
text
#131106
muted
#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A17

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#A09A17 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva