#A09B17#A09B17

#A09B17 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 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A09B17
RGBrgb(160, 155, 23)
HSLhsl(58, 75%, 36%)
HSVhsv(58, 86%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.1%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.49, -12.19, 61.84)
CIE-LCHlch(62.49, 63.03, 101.15°)
OKLaboklab(67.25% -0.041 0.1325)
OKLCHoklch(67.25% 0.139 107.2)
XYZxyz(26.3743, 30.9791, 5.4007)
Luminance0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A09B17 #171CA0
analogous
#A05617 #A09B17 #60A017
triadic
#A09B17 #17A09B #9B17A0
tetradic
#A09B17 #17A056 #171CA0 #A01760
square
#A09B17 #17A056 #171CA0 #A01760
split-complementary
#A09B17 #1760A0 #5617A0
monochromatic
#353308 #6A670F #A09B17 #D6CF1F #E5E04C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92
#A09B17 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20
#A09B17 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B17
7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A09B17#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A09B171.002.927.207.20
#FFFFFF2.921.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2021.001.001.00
##0000007.2021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A99500
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AB9925
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AC9084
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a09b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.139 107.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b864',
    500: '#a09b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a09b17;
$custom-light: #c0b864;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a09b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.81,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67247,
    "c": 0.13873,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A09B17
secondary
#4C50C7
accent
#3DF136
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EB
border
#D1D0C6
text
#131106
muted
#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B17

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#A09B17 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva