#A09B35#A09B35

#A09B35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.122 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09B35
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 66.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, -10.90, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 53.08, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% -0.0347 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.122 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8621, 31.1742, 7.9697)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09B35 #353AA0

analogous

#A06635 #A09B35 #70A035

triadic

#A09B35 #35A09B #9B35A0

tetradic

#A09B35 #35A066 #353AA0 #A03570

square

#A09B35 #35A066 #353AA0 #A03570

split-complementary

#A09B35 #3570A0 #6635A0

monochromatic

#444217 #726E26 #A09B35 #C4BF4E #D4CF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A09B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#A09B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B35

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09B35	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)

#A89527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.122 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb872',
    500: '#a09b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09b35;
$custom-light: #bfb872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.196,
    "s": 50.235,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6743,
    "c": 0.12202,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09B35

secondary

#7478BC

accent

#55DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B35

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

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