#A09A41#A09A41

#A09A41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.111 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09A41
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 59.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, -9.56, 46.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 47.41, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% -0.0295 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.111 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0078, 30.9673, 9.5546)
Luminance	0.3097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A41 #4147A0

analogous

#A06B41 #A09A41 #77A041

triadic

#A09A41 #41A09A #9A41A0

tetradic

#A09A41 #41A06B #4147A0 #A04177

square

#A09A41 #41A06B #4147A0 #A04177

split-complementary

#A09A41 #4177A0 #6B41A0

monochromatic

#49461E #74702F #A09A41 #BEB860 #D0CC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A09A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#A09A41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A41

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A41	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.111 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb779',
    500: '#a09a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a41;
$custom-light: #beb779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.211,
    "s": 42.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67325,
    "c": 0.11107,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A41

secondary

#8285BB

accent

#5ED256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A41

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

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