#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
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 60%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -10.70, 47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 48.70, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.0329 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.114 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3120, 31.6215, 9.5144)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##A09C40	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)

#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

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

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