#A09B39#A09B39

#A09B39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.119 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09B39
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 64.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, -10.65, 50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 51.39, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0335 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.119 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9580, 31.2126, 8.4747)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09B39 #393EA0

analogous

#A06739 #A09B39 #72A039

triadic

#A09B39 #39A09B #9B39A0

tetradic

#A09B39 #39A067 #393EA0 #A03972

square

#A09B39 #39A067 #393EA0 #A03972

split-complementary

#A09B39 #3972A0 #6739A0

monochromatic

#464419 #736F29 #A09B39 #C2BD54 #D2CE81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A09B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#A09B39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B39

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09B39	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)

#A8952D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.119 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb874',
    500: '#a09b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09b39;
$custom-light: #bfb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.087,
    "s": 47.465,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67466,
    "c": 0.11891,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09B39

secondary

#797CBC

accent

#57D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B39

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

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