#A09C39#A09C39

#A09C39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.120 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09C39
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 57)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 64.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, -11.18, 50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 51.79, 102.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.035 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.12 107)
XYZ	xyz(27.1251, 31.5468, 8.5304)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09C39 #393DA0

analogous

#A06939 #A09C39 #70A039

triadic

#A09C39 #39A09C #9C39A0

tetradic

#A09C39 #39A069 #393DA0 #A03970

square

#A09C39 #39A069 #393DA0 #A03970

split-complementary

#A09C39 #3970A0 #6939A0

monochromatic

#464419 #737029 #A09C39 #C2BE54 #D2CF81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A09C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#A09C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C39

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09C39	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)

#A9962C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.120 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb974',
    500: '#a09c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09c39;
$custom-light: #bfb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.67,
    "s": 47.465,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67689,
    "c": 0.11993,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.31546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09C39

secondary

#797CBC

accent

#56D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C39

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

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