#A09A34#A09A34

#A09A34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.122 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09A34
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 52)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 67.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -10.43, 52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 53.11, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0335 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.122 106)
XYZ	xyz(26.6736, 30.8337, 7.7946)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A34 #343AA0

analogous

#A06434 #A09A34 #70A034

triadic

#A09A34 #34A09A #9A34A0

tetradic

#A09A34 #34A064 #343AA0 #A03470

square

#A09A34 #34A064 #343AA0 #A03470

split-complementary

#A09A34 #3470A0 #6434A0

monochromatic

#444116 #726E25 #A09A34 #C5BE4C #D4CF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A09A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#A09A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A34

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A34	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.122 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb771',
    500: '#a09a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a34;
$custom-light: #bfb771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67199,
    "c": 0.12176,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.30833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A34

secondary

#7377BD

accent

#55DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A34

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

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