#A09D17#A09D17

#A09D17 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#A09D17
RGBrgb(160, 157, 23)
HSLhsl(59, 75%, 36%)
HSVhsv(59, 86%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.9%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(63.05, -13.24, 62.31)
CIE-LCHlch(63.05, 63.70, 102.00°)
OKLaboklab(67.7% -0.0439 0.1335)
OKLCHoklch(67.7% 0.141 108.2)
XYZxyz(26.7100, 31.6503, 5.5126)
Luminance0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A09D17 #171AA0
analogous
#A05817 #A09D17 #5EA017
triadic
#A09D17 #17A09D #9D17A0
tetradic
#A09D17 #17A058 #171AA0 #A0175E
square
#A09D17 #17A058 #171AA0 #A0175E
split-complementary
#A09D17 #175EA0 #5817A0
monochromatic
#353408 #6A680F #A09D17 #D6D21F #E5E24C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87
#A09D17 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33
#A09D17 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09D17
7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A09D17#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A09D171.002.877.337.33
#FFFFFF2.871.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3321.001.001.00
##0000007.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AB9600
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AD9B25
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AC9286
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a09d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.141 108.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b964',
    500: '#a09d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a09d17;
$custom-light: #c0b964;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a09d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67696,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A09D17
secondary
#4C4EC7
accent
#3AF136
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EB
border
#D1D0C6
text
#131106
muted
#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09D17

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#A09D17 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva