#A09C3E#A09C3E

#A09C3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.116 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09C3E
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 61.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -10.84, 48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 49.60, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.0335 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.116 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2561, 31.5992, 9.2200)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09C3E #3E42A0

analogous

#A06B3E #A09C3E #73A03E

triadic

#A09C3E #3EA09C #9C3EA0

tetradic

#A09C3E #3EA06B #3E42A0 #A03E73

square

#A09C3E #3EA06B #3E42A0 #A03E73

split-complementary

#A09C3E #3E73A0 #6B3EA0

monochromatic

#48461C #74712D #A09C3E #C0BC5C #D1CE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A09C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#A09C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C3E

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09C3E	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.116 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb977',
    500: '#a09c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09c3e;
$custom-light: #bfb977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 44.144,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67738,
    "c": 0.1158,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09C3E

secondary

#7F81BB

accent

#59D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C3E

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

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