#A09A45#A09A45

#A09A45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.107 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09A45
RGB	rgb(160, 154, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 40%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 56.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, -9.25, 44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 45.54, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% -0.0282 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.107 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1278, 31.0153, 10.1866)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09A45 #454BA0

analogous

#A06D45 #A09A45 #79A045

triadic

#A09A45 #45A09A #9A45A0

tetradic

#A09A45 #45A06D #454BA0 #A04579

square

#A09A45 #45A06D #454BA0 #A04579

split-complementary

#A09A45 #4579A0 #6D45A0

monochromatic

#4A4820 #757133 #A09A45 #BDB765 #CFCB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A09A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#A09A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09A45

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09A45	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)

#A6953C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 154, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.107 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb77c',
    500: '#a09a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09a45;
$custom-light: #beb77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.044,
    "s": 39.738,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6737,
    "c": 0.10739,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09A45

secondary

#868ABB

accent

#60D058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#12110A

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09A45

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

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