#A09A39#A09A39

#A09A39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.118 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09A39
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 64.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, -10.12, 49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 50.99, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.032 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.118 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7923, 30.8811, 8.4194)
Luminance	0.3088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A39 #393FA0

analogous

#A06739 #A09A39 #72A039

triadic

#A09A39 #39A09A #9A39A0

tetradic

#A09A39 #39A067 #393FA0 #A03972

square

#A09A39 #39A067 #393FA0 #A03972

split-complementary

#A09A39 #3972A0 #6739A0

monochromatic

#464319 #736F29 #A09A39 #C2BC54 #D2CD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A09A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#A09A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A39

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A39	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7952D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.118 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb774',
    500: '#a09a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a39;
$custom-light: #bfb774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.505,
    "s": 47.465,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67244,
    "c": 0.11789,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A39

secondary

#797DBC

accent

#59D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A39

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

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