#A09A21#A09A21

#A09A21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.134 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09A21
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, -11.35, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 59.99, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% -0.0379 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.134 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3284, 30.6956, 5.9765)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A21 #2127A0

analogous

#A05A21 #A09A21 #67A021

triadic

#A09A21 #21A09A #9A21A0

tetradic

#A09A21 #21A05A #2127A0 #A02167

square

#A09A21 #21A05A #2127A0 #A02167

split-complementary

#A09A21 #2167A0 #5A21A0

monochromatic

#3B380C #6D6917 #A09A21 #D3CB2B #DED85E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A09A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#A09A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A21

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A21	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA992B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.134 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b768',
    500: '#a09a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a21;
$custom-light: #c0b768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67068,
    "c": 0.13353,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A21

secondary

#5B5FC2

accent

#47E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A21

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

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