#A09D27#A09D27

#A09D27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.133 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09D27
RGB	rgb(160, 157, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 75.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, -12.68, 57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 59.13, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0411 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.133 108)
XYZ	xyz(26.9214, 31.7349, 6.6264)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09D27 #272AA0

analogous

#A06127 #A09D27 #67A027

triadic

#A09D27 #27A09D #9D27A0

tetradic

#A09D27 #27A061 #272AA0 #A02767

square

#A09D27 #27A061 #272AA0 #A02767

split-complementary

#A09D27 #2767A0 #6127A0

monochromatic

#3E3C0F #6F6D1B #A09D27 #CECA36 #DAD767

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A09D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#A09D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09D27

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09D27	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA970C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.133 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b96b',
    500: '#a09d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09d27;
$custom-light: #c0b96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.512,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67775,
    "c": 0.13323,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.31734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09D27

secondary

#6365C0

accent

#48E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09D27

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

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