#A09D15#A09D15

#A09D15 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.141 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09D15
RGB	rgb(160, 157, 21)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 86.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, -13.29, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 64.15, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.0442 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.141 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6907, 31.6426, 5.4110)
Luminance	0.3164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09D15 #1518A0

analogous

#A05715 #A09D15 #5DA015

triadic

#A09D15 #15A09D #9D15A0

tetradic

#A09D15 #15A057 #1518A0 #A0155D

square

#A09D15 #15A057 #1518A0 #A0155D

split-complementary

#A09D15 #155DA0 #5715A0

monochromatic

#343307 #6A680E #A09D15 #D6D21C #E7E448

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A09D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#A09D15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09D15

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09D15	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)

#AB9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.141 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b964',
    500: '#a09d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09d15;
$custom-light: #c0b964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67689,
    "c": 0.14127,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09D15

secondary

#494BC8

accent

#39F334

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09D15

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

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