#A09B37#A09B37

#A09B37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.120 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09B37
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 65.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, -10.78, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 52.24, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% -0.0341 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.12 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9091, 31.1930, 8.2171)
Luminance	0.3119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09B37 #373CA0

analogous

#A06737 #A09B37 #71A037

triadic

#A09B37 #37A09B #9B37A0

tetradic

#A09B37 #37A067 #373CA0 #A03771

square

#A09B37 #37A067 #373CA0 #A03771

split-complementary

#A09B37 #3771A0 #6737A0

monochromatic

#454318 #726F27 #A09B37 #C3BE51 #D3CF7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A09B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#A09B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B37

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09B37	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)

#A8952A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.120 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb873',
    500: '#a09b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09b37;
$custom-light: #bfb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67448,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09B37

secondary

#777ABC

accent

#56D84F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B37

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

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