#A09A35#A09A35

#A09A35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.121 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09A35
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 66.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -10.37, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 52.69, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% -0.0332 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.121 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6964, 30.8428, 7.9145)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A35 #353BA0

analogous

#A06535 #A09A35 #70A035

triadic

#A09A35 #35A09A #9A35A0

tetradic

#A09A35 #35A065 #353BA0 #A03570

square

#A09A35 #35A065 #353BA0 #A03570

split-complementary

#A09A35 #3570A0 #6535A0

monochromatic

#444217 #726E26 #A09A35 #C4BE4E #D4CF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A09A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#A09A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A35

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A35	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)

#A79427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.121 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb772',
    500: '#a09a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a35;
$custom-light: #bfb772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.636,
    "s": 50.235,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67208,
    "c": 0.12101,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A35

secondary

#7478BC

accent

#56DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A35

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

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