#A09B2A#A09B2A
#A09B2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.130 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A09B2A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(160, 155, 42) |
| HSL | hsl(57, 58%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(57, 74%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 73.8%, 37.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(62.58, -11.50, 56.18) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(62.58, 57.35, 101.56°) |
| OKLab | oklab(67.35% -0.0375 0.124) |
| OKLCH | oklch(67.35% 0.13 106.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.6375, 31.0844, 6.7868) |
| Luminance | 0.3108 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.59
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 3.82
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.20
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.30
Baby Shit Green
#889717
ΔE00 5.74
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 6.12
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A09B2A #2A2FA0
analogous
#A0602A #A09B2A #6AA02A
triadic
#A09B2A #2AA09B #9B2AA0
tetradic
#A09B2A #2AA060 #2A2FA0 #A02A6A
square
#A09B2A #2AA060 #2A2FA0 #A02A6A
split-complementary
#A09B2A #2A6AA0 #602AA0
monochromatic
#3F3D11 #706C1D #A09B2A #CCC63C #D8D46C
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.91
#A09B2A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.22
#A09B2A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A09B2A
7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A09B2A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A09B2A | 1.00 | 2.91 | 7.22 | 7.22 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.91 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.22 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.22 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A89514
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AB9932
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AC9085
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a09b2a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 42); /* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.130 106.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bfb86c',
500: '#a09b2a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a09b2a; $custom-light: #bfb86c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a09b2a",
"rgb": {
"r": 160,
"g": 155,
"b": 42
},
"hsl": {
"h": 57.458,
"s": 58.416,
"l": 39.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.67346,
"c": 0.12951,
"h": 106.8
},
"luminance": 0.31083
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A09B2A
secondary
#676ABF
accent
#4DE246
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131107
muted
#82807A