#A09C21#A09C21

#A09C21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.135 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09C21
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 33)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, -12.40, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 60.69, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.0409 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.135 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6613, 31.3613, 6.0875)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09C21 #2125A0

analogous

#A05C21 #A09C21 #65A021

triadic

#A09C21 #21A09C #9C21A0

tetradic

#A09C21 #21A05C #2125A0 #A02165

square

#A09C21 #21A05C #2125A0 #A02165

split-complementary

#A09C21 #2165A0 #5C21A0

monochromatic

#3B390C #6D6B17 #A09C21 #D3CD2B #DEDA5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A09C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#A09C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C21

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09C21	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)

#AC9A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.135 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b868',
    500: '#a09c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09c21;
$custom-light: #c0b868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.11,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67516,
    "c": 0.13542,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09C21

secondary

#5B5EC2

accent

#44E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C21

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

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