#A09C1B#A09C1B

#A09C1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.138 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09C1B
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 27)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 83.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -12.60, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 62.38, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.0419 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.138 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5846, 31.3306, 5.6837)
Luminance	0.3133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09C1B #1B1FA0

analogous

#A0591B #A09C1B #62A01B

triadic

#A09C1B #1BA09C #9C1BA0

tetradic

#A09C1B #1BA059 #1B1FA0 #A01B62

square

#A09C1B #1BA059 #1B1FA0 #A01B62

split-complementary

#A09C1B #1B62A0 #591BA0

monochromatic

#373609 #6C6912 #A09C1B #D4CF24 #E2DE53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A09C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#A09C1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C1B

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09C1B	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.138 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b866',
    500: '#a09c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09c1b;
$custom-light: #c0b866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.195,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67487,
    "c": 0.13812,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09C1B

secondary

#5255C5

accent

#3FEE3A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C1B

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

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