#A09D1C#A09D1C

#A09D1C 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	#A09D1C
RGB	rgb(160, 157, 28)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 82.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -13.10, 61.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 62.46, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.0432 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.139 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7649, 31.6723, 5.8019)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09D1C #1C1FA0

analogous

#A05B1C #A09D1C #61A01C

triadic

#A09D1C #1CA09D #9D1CA0

tetradic

#A09D1C #1CA05B #1C1FA0 #A01C61

square

#A09D1C #1CA05B #1C1FA0 #A01C61

split-complementary

#A09D1C #1C61A0 #5B1CA0

monochromatic

#38370A #6C6A13 #A09D1C #D4D025 #E1DE55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A09D1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#A09D1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09D1C

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09D1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09D1C	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: #a09d1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.139 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b966',
    500: '#a09d1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09d1c;
$custom-light: #c0b966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09d1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67716,
    "c": 0.13864,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09D1C

secondary

#5356C4

accent

#3FED3B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09D1C

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

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