#A09D21#A09D21

#A09D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.136 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09D21
RGB	rgb(160, 157, 33)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, -12.92, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 61.04, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.0423 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.136 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8298, 31.6982, 6.1436)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09D21 #2124A0

analogous

#A05E21 #A09D21 #63A021

triadic

#A09D21 #21A09D #9D21A0

tetradic

#A09D21 #21A05E #2124A0 #A02163

square

#A09D21 #21A05E #2124A0 #A02163

split-complementary

#A09D21 #2163A0 #5E21A0

monochromatic

#3B390C #6D6B17 #A09D21 #D3CF2B #DEDB5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A09D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#A09D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09D21

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09D21	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)

#AD9B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.136 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b968',
    500: '#a09d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09d21;
$custom-light: #c0b968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67741,
    "c": 0.13638,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09D21

secondary

#5B5DC2

accent

#43E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09D21

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

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