#A09B36#A09B36

#A09B36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.121 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09B36
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 66.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.66, -10.84, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.66, 52.67, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% -0.0344 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.121 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8854, 31.1835, 8.0921)
Luminance	0.3118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09B36 #363BA0

analogous

#A06636 #A09B36 #70A036

triadic

#A09B36 #36A09B #9B36A0

tetradic

#A09B36 #36A066 #363BA0 #A03670

square

#A09B36 #36A066 #363BA0 #A03670

split-complementary

#A09B36 #3670A0 #6636A0

monochromatic

#444217 #726F27 #A09B36 #C4BE4F #D3CF7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A09B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#A09B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B36

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09B36	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.121 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb873',
    500: '#a09b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09b36;
$custom-light: #bfb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.17,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67439,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09B36

secondary

#7579BC

accent

#55D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B36

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

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