#A09D23#A09D23

#A09D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.135 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09D23
RGB	rgb(160, 157, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 78.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, -12.85, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 60.43, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% -0.0419 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.135 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8586, 31.7098, 6.2956)
Luminance	0.3171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09D23 #2326A0

analogous

#A05E23 #A09D23 #64A023

triadic

#A09D23 #23A09D #9D23A0

tetradic

#A09D23 #23A05E #2326A0 #A02364

square

#A09D23 #23A05E #2326A0 #A02364

split-complementary

#A09D23 #2364A0 #5E23A0

monochromatic

#3C3A0D #6E6C18 #A09D23 #D1CE2F #DCD961

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A09D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#A09D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09D23

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09D23	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)

#AD9B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.135 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b969',
    500: '#a09d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09d23;
$custom-light: #c0b969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.56,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67751,
    "c": 0.13538,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09D23

secondary

#5D60C1

accent

#45E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09D23

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

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