#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
RGBrgb(160, 157, 35)
HSLhsl(59, 64%, 38%)
HSVhsv(59, 78%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.9%, 78.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(63.10, -12.85, 59.05)
CIE-LCHlch(63.10, 60.43, 102.28°)
OKLaboklab(67.75% -0.0419 0.1287)
OKLCHoklch(67.75% 0.135 108.1)
XYZxyz(26.8586, 31.7098, 6.2956)
Luminance0.3171 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##A09D231.002.867.347.34
#FFFFFF2.861.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3421.001.001.00
##0000007.3421.001.001.00

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

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#A09D23 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva