#A09C4E#A09C4E

#A09C4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.101 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09C4E
RGB	rgb(160, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 51.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, -9.54, 40.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 42.04, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.028 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.101 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7615, 31.8014, 11.8821)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09C4E #4E52A0

analogous

#A0734E #A09C4E #7BA04E

triadic

#A09C4E #4EA09C #9C4EA0

tetradic

#A09C4E #4EA073 #4E52A0 #A04E7B

square

#A09C4E #4EA073 #4E52A0 #A04E7B

split-complementary

#A09C4E #4E7BA0 #734EA0

monochromatic

#4E4C26 #77743A #A09C4E #BAB671 #CECB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A09C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#A09C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09C4E

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09C4E	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.101 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb982',
    500: '#a09c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09c4e;
$custom-light: #beb982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67926,
    "c": 0.10067,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09C4E

secondary

#8F91BB

accent

#63CB5D

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12110A

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09C4E

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

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