#A09A24#A09A24

#A09A24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.132 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09A24
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 36)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 77.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.26, -11.23, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.26, 59.04, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.08% -0.0373 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(67.08% 0.132 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3723, 30.7131, 6.2078)
Luminance	0.3071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A24 #242AA0

analogous

#A05C24 #A09A24 #68A024

triadic

#A09A24 #24A09A #9A24A0

tetradic

#A09A24 #24A05C #242AA0 #A02468

square

#A09A24 #24A05C #242AA0 #A02468

split-complementary

#A09A24 #2468A0 #5C24A0

monochromatic

#3C3A0E #6E6A19 #A09A24 #D1C931 #DCD663

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A09A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#A09A24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A24

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A24	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)

#A89405

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA992E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.132 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b769',
    500: '#a09a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a24;
$custom-light: #c0b769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67085,
    "c": 0.13199,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A24

secondary

#5F63C1

accent

#49E641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A24

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

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