#A09B28#A09B28

#A09B28 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	#A09B28
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 40)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 75%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.57, -11.59, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.57, 58.05, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% -0.038 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.131 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6026, 31.0704, 6.6030)
Luminance	0.3107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09B28 #282DA0

analogous

#A05F28 #A09B28 #69A028

triadic

#A09B28 #28A09B #9B28A0

tetradic

#A09B28 #28A05F #282DA0 #A02869

square

#A09B28 #28A05F #282DA0 #A02869

split-complementary

#A09B28 #2869A0 #5F28A0

monochromatic

#3E3C10 #6F6C1C #A09B28 #CDC738 #D9D569

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A09B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#A09B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B28

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09B28	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)

#A99510

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.131 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b86b',
    500: '#a09b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09b28;
$custom-light: #c0b86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67333,
    "c": 0.13071,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09B28

secondary

#6468C0

accent

#4BE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B28

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

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