#A09B41#A09B41

#A09B41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.112 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09B41
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 59.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -10.09, 46.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 47.82, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.031 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.112 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1736, 31.2988, 9.6099)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09B41 #4146A0

analogous

#A06C41 #A09B41 #76A041

triadic

#A09B41 #41A09B #9B41A0

tetradic

#A09B41 #41A06C #4146A0 #A04176

square

#A09B41 #41A06C #4146A0 #A04176

split-complementary

#A09B41 #4176A0 #6C41A0

monochromatic

#49471E #74712F #A09B41 #BEB960 #D0CC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A09B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#A09B41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B41

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09B41	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)

#A79637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.112 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb879',
    500: '#a09b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09b41;
$custom-light: #beb879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 42.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67547,
    "c": 0.11212,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09B41

secondary

#8285BB

accent

#5CD256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B41

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

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