#A09A37#A09A37

#A09A37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.119 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09A37
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 65.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, -10.25, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 51.85, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% -0.0326 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.119 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7434, 30.8615, 8.1618)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A37 #373DA0

analogous

#A06537 #A09A37 #72A037

triadic

#A09A37 #37A09A #9A37A0

tetradic

#A09A37 #37A065 #373DA0 #A03772

square

#A09A37 #37A065 #373DA0 #A03772

split-complementary

#A09A37 #3772A0 #6537A0

monochromatic

#454218 #726E27 #A09A37 #C3BD51 #D3CE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A09A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#A09A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A37

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A37	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)

#A7942A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.119 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb773',
    500: '#a09a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a37;
$custom-light: #bfb773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67225,
    "c": 0.11947,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A37

secondary

#777BBC

accent

#57D84F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A37

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

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