#A09B4E#A09B4E

#A09B4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.100 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09B4E
RGB	rgb(160, 155, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 51.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, -9.01, 40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 41.60, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.0265 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.1 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5944, 31.4671, 11.8264)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09B4E #4E53A0

analogous

#A0724E #A09B4E #7CA04E

triadic

#A09B4E #4EA09B #9B4EA0

tetradic

#A09B4E #4EA072 #4E53A0 #A04E7C

square

#A09B4E #4EA072 #4E53A0 #A04E7C

split-complementary

#A09B4E #4E7CA0 #724EA0

monochromatic

#4E4B26 #77733A #A09B4E #BAB571 #CECB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A09B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#A09B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09B4E

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09B4E	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 155, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.100 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb882',
    500: '#a09b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09b4e;
$custom-light: #beb882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.341,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67705,
    "c": 0.09956,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09B4E

secondary

#8F92BB

accent

#64CB5D

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12110A

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09B4E

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

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