#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
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 23)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, -11.67, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 62.71, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% -0.0396 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.138 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2086, 30.6476, 5.3455)
Luminance	0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##A09A17	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: #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

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

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