#A09C38#A09C38

#A09C38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.121 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09C38
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, -11.25, 50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 52.22, 102.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% -0.0353 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.121 107)
XYZ	xyz(27.1004, 31.5369, 8.4003)
Luminance	0.3154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09C38 #383CA0

analogous

#A06838 #A09C38 #70A038

triadic

#A09C38 #38A09C #9C38A0

tetradic

#A09C38 #38A068 #383CA0 #A03870

square

#A09C38 #38A068 #383CA0 #A03870

split-complementary

#A09C38 #3870A0 #6838A0

monochromatic

#454418 #737028 #A09C38 #C3BE53 #D3CF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A09C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#A09C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C38

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09C38	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.121 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb974',
    500: '#a09c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09c38;
$custom-light: #bfb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6768,
    "c": 0.12073,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.31536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09C38

secondary

#787ABC

accent

#55D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C38

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

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