#A09C1E#A09C1E

#A09C1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.137 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09C1E
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 30)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 81.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, -12.51, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 61.56, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0414 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.137 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6211, 31.3452, 5.8760)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09C1E #1E22A0

analogous

#A05B1E #A09C1E #63A01E

triadic

#A09C1E #1EA09C #9C1EA0

tetradic

#A09C1E #1EA05B #1E22A0 #A01E63

square

#A09C1E #1EA05B #1E22A0 #A01E63

split-complementary

#A09C1E #1E63A0 #5B1EA0

monochromatic

#39380B #6C6A14 #A09C1E #D4CE28 #E0DC59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A09C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#A09C1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C1E

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09C1E	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)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.137 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b867',
    500: '#a09c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09c1e;
$custom-light: #c0b867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.154,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67501,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09C1E

secondary

#565AC4

accent

#42EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C1E

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

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