#A09B1A#A09B1A

#A09B1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.138 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09B1A
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 26)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(58, 84%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 83.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, -12.11, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 62.30, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% -0.0406 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.138 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4061, 30.9918, 5.5681)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09B1A #1A1FA0

analogous

#A0581A #A09B1A #62A01A

triadic

#A09B1A #1AA09B #9B1AA0

tetradic

#A09B1A #1AA058 #1A1FA0 #A01A62

square

#A09B1A #1AA058 #1A1FA0 #A01A62

split-complementary

#A09B1A #1A62A0 #581AA0

monochromatic

#373509 #6B6811 #A09B1A #D5CE23 #E3DD52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A09B1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#A09B1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B1A

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09B1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09B1A	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)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09b1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.138 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b865',
    500: '#a09b1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09b1a;
$custom-light: #c0b865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09b1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.761,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67259,
    "c": 0.13758,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09B1A

secondary

#5055C5

accent

#40EF39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B1A

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

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