#A09B23#A09B23

#A09B23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.133 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09B23
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 78.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, -11.80, 58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 59.72, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% -0.039 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.133 107)
XYZ	xyz(26.5230, 31.0386, 6.1837)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09B23 #2328A0

analogous

#A05C23 #A09B23 #66A023

triadic

#A09B23 #23A09B #9B23A0

tetradic

#A09B23 #23A05C #2328A0 #A02366

square

#A09B23 #23A05C #2328A0 #A02366

split-complementary

#A09B23 #2366A0 #5C23A0

monochromatic

#3C3A0D #6E6A18 #A09B23 #D1CB2F #DCD761

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A09B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#A09B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B23

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09B23	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)

#A99502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.133 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b869',
    500: '#a09b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09b23;
$custom-light: #c0b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67303,
    "c": 0.13346,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.31038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09B23

secondary

#5D61C1

accent

#47E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B23

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

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