#A09C22#A09C22

#A09C22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.135 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A09C22
RGBrgb(160, 156, 34)
HSLhsl(58, 65%, 38%)
HSVhsv(58, 79%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.5%, 78.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.82, -12.36, 59.10)
CIE-LCHlch(62.82, 60.38, 101.81°)
OKLaboklab(67.52% -0.0407 0.1286)
OKLCHoklch(67.52% 0.135 107.5)
XYZxyz(26.6755, 31.3669, 6.1623)
Luminance0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A09C22 #2226A0
analogous
#A05D22 #A09C22 #65A022
triadic
#A09C22 #22A09C #9C22A0
tetradic
#A09C22 #22A05D #2226A0 #A02265
square
#A09C22 #22A05D #2226A0 #A02265
split-complementary
#A09C22 #2265A0 #5D22A0
monochromatic
#3B3A0D #6E6B17 #A09C22 #D2CD2D #DDD95F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89
#A09C22 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27
#A09C22 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C22
7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A09C22#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A09C221.002.897.277.27
#FFFFFF2.891.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2721.001.001.00
##0000007.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AA9600
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AC9A2C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AC9185
Achromatopsia (no color)
#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a09c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.135 107.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b868',
    500: '#a09c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a09c22;
$custom-light: #c0b868;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a09c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67521,
    "c": 0.13493,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A09C22
secondary
#5C5FC2
accent
#45E840
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EB
border
#D1D0C6
text
#131107
muted
#82807A

Preview Lab

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#A09C22 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva