#A09A43#A09A43

#A09A43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.109 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09A43
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 67)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 58.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, -9.41, 45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 46.48, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0288 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.109 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0668, 30.9909, 9.8652)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A43 #4349A0

analogous

#A06C43 #A09A43 #78A043

triadic

#A09A43 #43A09A #9A43A0

tetradic

#A09A43 #43A06C #4349A0 #A04378

square

#A09A43 #43A06C #4349A0 #A04378

split-complementary

#A09A43 #4378A0 #6C43A0

monochromatic

#4A471F #757031 #A09A43 #BEB863 #D0CB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A09A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#A09A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A43

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A43	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)

#A6953A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.109 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb77a',
    500: '#a09a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a43;
$custom-light: #beb77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67347,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A43

secondary

#8488BB

accent

#5FD157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A43

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

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