#A09D1B#A09D1B

#A09D1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.139 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09D1B
RGB	rgb(160, 157, 27)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 83.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -13.13, 61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 62.72, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.0433 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.139 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7531, 31.6676, 5.7399)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09D1B #1B1EA0

analogous

#A05B1B #A09D1B #61A01B

triadic

#A09D1B #1BA09D #9D1BA0

tetradic

#A09D1B #1BA05B #1B1EA0 #A01B61

square

#A09D1B #1BA05B #1B1EA0 #A01B61

split-complementary

#A09D1B #1B61A0 #5B1BA0

monochromatic

#373609 #6C6A12 #A09D1B #D4D024 #E2DF53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A09D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#A09D1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09D1B

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09D1B	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	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)

#AD9B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.139 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b966',
    500: '#a09d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09d1b;
$custom-light: #c0b966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67712,
    "c": 0.13906,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09D1B

secondary

#5254C5

accent

#3EEE3A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09D1B

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

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