#A09A23#A09A23

#A09A23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.133 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09A23
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 78.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.26, -11.27, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.26, 59.36, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.08% -0.0375 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(67.08% 0.133 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3573, 30.7071, 6.1285)
Luminance	0.3071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A23 #2329A0

analogous

#A05B23 #A09A23 #67A023

triadic

#A09A23 #23A09A #9A23A0

tetradic

#A09A23 #23A05B #2329A0 #A02367

square

#A09A23 #23A05B #2329A0 #A02367

split-complementary

#A09A23 #2367A0 #5B23A0

monochromatic

#3C390D #6E6A18 #A09A23 #D1CA2F #DCD761

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A09A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#A09A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A23

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A23	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)

#A89403

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA992D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.133 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b769',
    500: '#a09a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a23;
$custom-light: #c0b769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67079,
    "c": 0.13252,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A23

secondary

#5D62C1

accent

#49E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A23

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

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