#A09B2B#A09B2B

#A09B2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.129 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09B2B
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 73.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, -11.45, 55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 56.98, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0373 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.129 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6556, 31.0916, 6.8822)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09B2B #2B30A0

analogous

#A0612B #A09B2B #6AA02B

triadic

#A09B2B #2BA09B #9B2BA0

tetradic

#A09B2B #2BA061 #2B30A0 #A02B6A

square

#A09B2B #2BA061 #2B30A0 #A02B6A

split-complementary

#A09B2B #2B6AA0 #612BA0

monochromatic

#403E11 #706C1E #A09B2B #CBC53D #D8D36E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A09B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#A09B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B2B

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09B2B	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)

#A89516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.129 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb86d',
    500: '#a09b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09b2b;
$custom-light: #bfb86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.436,
    "s": 57.635,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67353,
    "c": 0.12889,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09B2B

secondary

#686CBF

accent

#4EE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B2B

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

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