#A09B1E#A09B1E

#A09B1E 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	#A09B1E
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 30)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 81.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, -11.98, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 61.22, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% -0.0399 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.136 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4540, 31.0110, 5.8203)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09B1E #1E23A0

analogous

#A05A1E #A09B1E #64A01E

triadic

#A09B1E #1EA09B #9B1EA0

tetradic

#A09B1E #1EA05A #1E23A0 #A01E64

square

#A09B1E #1EA05A #1E23A0 #A01E64

split-complementary

#A09B1E #1E64A0 #5A1EA0

monochromatic

#39370B #6C6914 #A09B1E #D4CD28 #E0DB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A09B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#A09B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B1E

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09B1E	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: #a09b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.136 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b867',
    500: '#a09b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09b1e;
$custom-light: #c0b867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67277,
    "c": 0.13588,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09B1E

secondary

#565AC4

accent

#43EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B1E

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

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