#A09C40#A09C40

#A09C40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.114 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A09C40
RGBrgb(160, 156, 64)
HSLhsl(58, 43%, 44%)
HSVhsv(58, 60%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.5%, 60%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(63.03, -10.70, 47.51)
CIE-LCHlch(63.03, 48.70, 102.69°)
OKLaboklab(67.76% -0.0329 0.1092)
OKLCHoklch(67.76% 0.114 106.7)
XYZxyz(27.3120, 31.6215, 9.5144)
Luminance0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A09C40 #4044A0
analogous
#A06C40 #A09C40 #74A040
triadic
#A09C40 #40A09C #9C40A0
tetradic
#A09C40 #40A06C #4044A0 #A04074
square
#A09C40 #40A06C #4044A0 #A04074
split-complementary
#A09C40 #4074A0 #6C40A0
monochromatic
#49471D #74712F #A09C40 #BFBB5E #D0CD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87
#A09C40 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32
#A09C40 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C40
7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A09C40#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A09C401.002.877.327.32
#FFFFFF2.871.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3221.001.001.00
##0000007.3221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A89636
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AA9A45
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AB9288
Achromatopsia (no color)
#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a09c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.114 106.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb979',
    500: '#a09c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a09c40;
$custom-light: #beb979;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a09c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67759,
    "c": 0.11407,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A09C40
secondary
#8183BB
accent
#5AD355
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#121109
muted
#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C40

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#A09C40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva