#A09B16#A09B16

#A09B16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.139 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09B16
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 22)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(58, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 86.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -12.22, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 63.26, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.0412 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.139 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3645, 30.9752, 5.3489)
Luminance	0.3097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09B16 #161BA0

analogous

#A05616 #A09B16 #60A016

triadic

#A09B16 #16A09B #9B16A0

tetradic

#A09B16 #16A056 #161BA0 #A01660

square

#A09B16 #16A056 #161BA0 #A01660

split-complementary

#A09B16 #1660A0 #5616A0

monochromatic

#343307 #6A670F #A09B16 #D6CF1D #E6E04A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A09B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#A09B16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B16

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09B16	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)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9924

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.139 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b864',
    500: '#a09b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09b16;
$custom-light: #c0b864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.826,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67243,
    "c": 0.13908,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09B16

secondary

#4A4FC8

accent

#3CF235

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B16

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

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