#A09B34#A09B34

#A09B34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.123 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09B34
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 52)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 67.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, -10.96, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 53.49, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% -0.035 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.123 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8394, 31.1651, 7.8498)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09B34 #3439A0

analogous

#A06534 #A09B34 #6FA034

triadic

#A09B34 #34A09B #9B34A0

tetradic

#A09B34 #34A065 #3439A0 #A0346F

square

#A09B34 #34A065 #3439A0 #A0346F

split-complementary

#A09B34 #346FA0 #6534A0

monochromatic

#444216 #726E25 #A09B34 #C5BF4C #D4D07A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A09B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#A09B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B34

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09B34	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.123 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb871',
    500: '#a09b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09b34;
$custom-light: #bfb871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.222,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67422,
    "c": 0.12276,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09B34

secondary

#7377BD

accent

#54DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B34

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

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