#A09C41#A09C41

#A09C41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.113 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09C41
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 59.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, -10.62, 47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 48.24, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0325 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.113 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3407, 31.6330, 9.6656)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09C41 #4145A0

analogous

#A06D41 #A09C41 #75A041

triadic

#A09C41 #41A09C #9C41A0

tetradic

#A09C41 #41A06D #4145A0 #A04175

square

#A09C41 #41A06D #4145A0 #A04175

split-complementary

#A09C41 #4175A0 #6D41A0

monochromatic

#49471E #74722F #A09C41 #BEBA60 #D0CD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A09C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#A09C41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C41

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09C41	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.113 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb979',
    500: '#a09c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09c41;
$custom-light: #beb979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.474,
    "s": 42.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6777,
    "c": 0.11318,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09C41

secondary

#8284BB

accent

#5BD256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C41

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

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