#A09A42#A09A42

#A09A42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.110 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09A42
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 58.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -9.48, 45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 46.95, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.0292 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.11 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0370, 30.9790, 9.7085)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A42 #4248A0

analogous

#A06B42 #A09A42 #77A042

triadic

#A09A42 #42A09A #9A42A0

tetradic

#A09A42 #42A06B #4248A0 #A04277

square

#A09A42 #42A06B #4248A0 #A04277

split-complementary

#A09A42 #4277A0 #6B42A0

monochromatic

#49471E #757030 #A09A42 #BEB861 #D0CC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A09A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#A09A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A42

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A42	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.110 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb77a',
    500: '#a09a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a42;
$custom-light: #beb77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67336,
    "c": 0.11017,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A42

secondary

#8386BB

accent

#5ED156

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A42

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

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