#A09A2E#A09A2E

#A09A2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.126 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09A2E
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 71.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, -10.77, 54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 55.49, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% -0.0351 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.126 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5470, 30.7830, 7.1276)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A2E #2E34A0

analogous

#A0612E #A09A2E #6DA02E

triadic

#A09A2E #2EA09A #9A2EA0

tetradic

#A09A2E #2EA061 #2E34A0 #A02E6D

square

#A09A2E #2EA061 #2E34A0 #A02E6D

split-complementary

#A09A2E #2E6DA0 #612EA0

monochromatic

#413E13 #706C20 #A09A2E #C9C242 #D6D172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A09A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#A09A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A2E

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A2E	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7941C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.126 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb76e',
    500: '#a09a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a2e;
$custom-light: #bfb76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67151,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A2E

secondary

#6C70BE

accent

#51DF49

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A2E

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

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