#A09B20#A09B20

#A09B20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.135 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09B20
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 32)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 80%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, -11.91, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 60.64, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% -0.0396 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.135 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4804, 31.0215, 5.9591)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09B20 #2025A0

analogous

#A05B20 #A09B20 #65A020

triadic

#A09B20 #20A09B #9B20A0

tetradic

#A09B20 #20A05B #2025A0 #A02065

square

#A09B20 #20A05B #2025A0 #A02065

split-complementary

#A09B20 #2065A0 #5B20A0

monochromatic

#3A380C #6D6A16 #A09B20 #D3CC2A #DED95C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A09B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#A09B20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B20

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09B20	1.00	2.91	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.91	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)

#AB992B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.135 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b867',
    500: '#a09b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09b20;
$custom-light: #c0b867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.656,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67287,
    "c": 0.13495,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09B20

secondary

#595DC3

accent

#45EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B20

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

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