#A09C16#A09C16

#A09C16 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#A09C16
RGBrgb(160, 156, 22)
HSLhsl(58, 76%, 36%)
HSVhsv(58, 86%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.5%, 86.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.77, -12.74, 62.30)
CIE-LCHlch(62.77, 63.59, 101.56°)
OKLaboklab(67.47% -0.0426 0.1334)
OKLCHoklch(67.47% 0.14 107.7)
XYZxyz(26.5316, 31.3094, 5.4047)
Luminance0.3131 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A09C16 #161AA0
analogous
#A05716 #A09C16 #5FA016
triadic
#A09C16 #16A09C #9C16A0
tetradic
#A09C16 #16A057 #161AA0 #A0165F
square
#A09C16 #16A057 #161AA0 #A0165F
split-complementary
#A09C16 #165FA0 #5716A0
monochromatic
#343307 #6A680F #A09C16 #D6D01D #E6E24A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89
#A09C16 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26
#A09C16 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C16
7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A09C16#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A09C161.002.897.267.26
#FFFFFF2.891.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2621.001.001.00
##0000007.2621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AA9500
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AC9A24
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AC9185
Achromatopsia (no color)
#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a09c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.140 107.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b864',
    500: '#a09c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a09c16;
$custom-light: #c0b864;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a09c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.261,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67468,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A09C16
secondary
#4A4EC8
accent
#3BF235
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EB
border
#D1D0C6
text
#131106
muted
#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C16

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#A09C16 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva