#A09C23#A09C23

#A09C23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.134 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09C23
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 78.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, -12.32, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 60.07, 101.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% -0.0405 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.134 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6901, 31.3728, 6.2394)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09C23 #2327A0

analogous

#A05D23 #A09C23 #65A023

triadic

#A09C23 #23A09C #9C23A0

tetradic

#A09C23 #23A05D #2327A0 #A02365

square

#A09C23 #23A05D #2327A0 #A02365

split-complementary

#A09C23 #2365A0 #5D23A0

monochromatic

#3C3A0D #6E6B18 #A09C23 #D1CC2F #DCD861

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A09C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#A09C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C23

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09C23	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)

#AA9601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.134 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b869',
    500: '#a09c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09c23;
$custom-light: #c0b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.08,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67527,
    "c": 0.13441,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09C23

secondary

#5D61C1

accent

#46E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C23

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

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