#A09B2E#A09B2E

#A09B2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.127 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09B2E
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 71.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, -11.30, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 55.87, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% -0.0366 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.127 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7127, 31.1145, 7.1828)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09B2E #2E33A0

analogous

#A0622E #A09B2E #6CA02E

triadic

#A09B2E #2EA09B #9B2EA0

tetradic

#A09B2E #2EA062 #2E33A0 #A02E6C

square

#A09B2E #2EA062 #2E33A0 #A02E6C

split-complementary

#A09B2E #2E6CA0 #622EA0

monochromatic

#413F13 #706D20 #A09B2E #C9C342 #D6D272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A09B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#A09B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B2E

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09B2E	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)

#A8951C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.127 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb86e',
    500: '#a09b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09b2e;
$custom-light: #bfb86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.368,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67374,
    "c": 0.12697,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09B2E

secondary

#6C6FBE

accent

#50DF49

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B2E

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

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