#A09A36#A09A36

#A09A36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.120 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09A36
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 66.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, -10.31, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 52.27, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% -0.0329 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.12 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7196, 30.8521, 8.0369)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A36 #363CA0

analogous

#A06536 #A09A36 #71A036

triadic

#A09A36 #36A09A #9A36A0

tetradic

#A09A36 #36A065 #363CA0 #A03671

square

#A09A36 #36A065 #363CA0 #A03671

split-complementary

#A09A36 #3671A0 #6536A0

monochromatic

#444217 #726E27 #A09A36 #C4BD4F #D3CE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A09A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#A09A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A36

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A36	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)

#A79429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.120 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb772',
    500: '#a09a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a36;
$custom-light: #bfb772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.604,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67216,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A36

secondary

#757ABC

accent

#57D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A36

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

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