#A09B21#A09B21

#A09B21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.134 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09B21
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 33)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, -11.87, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 60.34, 101.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% -0.0394 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.134 107)
XYZ	xyz(26.4942, 31.0270, 6.0318)
Luminance	0.3103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09B21 #2126A0

analogous

#A05C21 #A09B21 #65A021

triadic

#A09B21 #21A09B #9B21A0

tetradic

#A09B21 #21A05C #2126A0 #A02165

square

#A09B21 #21A05C #2126A0 #A02165

split-complementary

#A09B21 #2165A0 #5C21A0

monochromatic

#3B390C #6D6A17 #A09B21 #D3CC2B #DED95E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A09B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#A09B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B21

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09B21	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	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: #a09b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.134 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b868',
    500: '#a09b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09b21;
$custom-light: #c0b868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.638,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67292,
    "c": 0.13447,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.31026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09B21

secondary

#5B5FC2

accent

#46E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B21

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

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