#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
RGBrgb(160, 154, 35)
HSLhsl(57, 64%, 38%)
HSVhsv(57, 78%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.8%, 78.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.26, -11.27, 58.28)
CIE-LCHlch(62.26, 59.36, 100.94°)
OKLaboklab(67.08% -0.0375 0.1271)
OKLCHoklch(67.08% 0.133 106.5)
XYZxyz(26.3573, 30.7071, 6.1285)
Luminance0.3071 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##A09A231.002.947.147.14
#FFFFFF2.941.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1421.001.001.00
##0000007.1421.001.001.00

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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#A09A23 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva