#A09A38#A09A38

#A09A38 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	#A09A38
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, -10.19, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 51.42, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% -0.0323 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.119 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7676, 30.8712, 8.2894)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A38 #383EA0

analogous

#A06638 #A09A38 #72A038

triadic

#A09A38 #38A09A #9A38A0

tetradic

#A09A38 #38A066 #383EA0 #A03872

square

#A09A38 #38A066 #383EA0 #A03872

split-complementary

#A09A38 #3872A0 #6638A0

monochromatic

#454318 #736E28 #A09A38 #C3BC53 #D3CE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A09A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#A09A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A38

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A38	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)

#A7942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.119 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb774',
    500: '#a09a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a38;
$custom-light: #bfb774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67234,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A38

secondary

#787CBC

accent

#58D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A38

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

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