#A09C27#A09C27

#A09C27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.132 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09C27
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 75.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -12.16, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 58.76, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0397 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.132 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7529, 31.3979, 6.5702)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09C27 #272BA0

analogous

#A06027 #A09C27 #68A027

triadic

#A09C27 #27A09C #9C27A0

tetradic

#A09C27 #27A060 #272BA0 #A02768

square

#A09C27 #27A060 #272BA0 #A02768

split-complementary

#A09C27 #2768A0 #6027A0

monochromatic

#3E3C0F #6F6C1B #A09C27 #CEC936 #DAD667

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A09C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#A09C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C27

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09C27	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9960D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.132 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b86b',
    500: '#a09c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09c27;
$custom-light: #c0b86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.017,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6755,
    "c": 0.13225,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09C27

secondary

#6366C0

accent

#49E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C27

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

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