#A09D1E#A09D1E

#A09D1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.138 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09D1E
RGB	rgb(160, 157, 30)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 81.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -13.03, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 61.91, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0429 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.138 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7896, 31.6822, 5.9322)
Luminance	0.3168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09D1E #1E21A0

analogous

#A05C1E #A09D1E #62A01E

triadic

#A09D1E #1EA09D #9D1EA0

tetradic

#A09D1E #1EA05C #1E21A0 #A01E62

square

#A09D1E #1EA05C #1E21A0 #A01E62

split-complementary

#A09D1E #1E62A0 #5C1EA0

monochromatic

#39380B #6C6A14 #A09D1E #D4D028 #E0DD59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A09D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#A09D1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09D1E

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09D1E	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.138 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b967',
    500: '#a09d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09d1e;
$custom-light: #c0b967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67726,
    "c": 0.13778,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09D1E

secondary

#5659C4

accent

#41EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09D1E

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

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