#A09B27#A09B27

#A09B27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.131 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09B27
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 75.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, -11.63, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 58.40, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% -0.0382 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.131 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5858, 31.0637, 6.5145)
Luminance	0.3106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09B27 #272CA0

analogous

#A05F27 #A09B27 #69A027

triadic

#A09B27 #27A09B #9B27A0

tetradic

#A09B27 #27A05F #272CA0 #A02769

square

#A09B27 #27A05F #272CA0 #A02769

split-complementary

#A09B27 #2769A0 #5F27A0

monochromatic

#3E3C0F #6F6B1B #A09B27 #CEC836 #DAD567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A09B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#A09B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B27

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09B27	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)

#A9950E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.131 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b86b',
    500: '#a09b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09b27;
$custom-light: #c0b86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.521,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67326,
    "c": 0.13129,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09B27

secondary

#6367C0

accent

#4AE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B27

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

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