#A09C15#A09C15

#A09C15 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.140 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09C15
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 21)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(58, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 86.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -12.77, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 63.82, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0428 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.14 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5222, 31.3056, 5.3548)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09C15 #1519A0

analogous

#A05615 #A09C15 #5FA015

triadic

#A09C15 #15A09C #9C15A0

tetradic

#A09C15 #15A056 #1519A0 #A0155F

square

#A09C15 #15A056 #1519A0 #A0155F

split-complementary

#A09C15 #155FA0 #5615A0

monochromatic

#343307 #6A670E #A09C15 #D6D11C #E7E248

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A09C15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#A09C15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C15

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09C15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09C15	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)

#AA9500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09c15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.140 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b864',
    500: '#a09c15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09c15;
$custom-light: #c0b864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09c15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.273,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67464,
    "c": 0.14034,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09C15

secondary

#494CC8

accent

#3AF334

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C15

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

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