#A09B1D#A09B1D

#A09B1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.136 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09B1D
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 29)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 82%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 81.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, -12.02, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 61.50, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% -0.0401 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.136 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4414, 31.0059, 5.7541)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09B1D #1D22A0

analogous

#A05A1D #A09B1D #64A01D

triadic

#A09B1D #1DA09B #9B1DA0

tetradic

#A09B1D #1DA05A #1D22A0 #A01D64

square

#A09B1D #1DA05A #1D22A0 #A01D64

split-complementary

#A09B1D #1D64A0 #5A1DA0

monochromatic

#38370A #6C6914 #A09B1D #D4CD26 #E1DB57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A09B1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#A09B1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B1D

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09B1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09B1D	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)

#AB9929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09b1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.136 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b866',
    500: '#a09b1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09b1d;
$custom-light: #c0b866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09b1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.71,
    "s": 69.312,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67272,
    "c": 0.13633,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09B1D

secondary

#5559C4

accent

#42EC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B1D

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

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