#A09B40#A09B40

#A09B40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.113 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09B40
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 60%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, -10.17, 47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 48.28, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0314 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.113 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1448, 31.2873, 9.4587)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09B40 #4045A0

analogous

#A06B40 #A09B40 #75A040

triadic

#A09B40 #40A09B #9B40A0

tetradic

#A09B40 #40A06B #4045A0 #A04075

square

#A09B40 #40A06B #4045A0 #A04075

split-complementary

#A09B40 #4075A0 #6B40A0

monochromatic

#49461D #74712F #A09B40 #BFBA5E #D0CD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A09B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#A09B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B40

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09B40	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.113 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb879',
    500: '#a09b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09b40;
$custom-light: #beb879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.875,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67536,
    "c": 0.11301,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09B40

secondary

#8184BB

accent

#5CD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B40

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

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