#A09D35#A09D35

#A09D35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.124 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09D35
RGB	rgb(160, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 66.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -11.96, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 53.87, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.0377 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.124 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1977, 31.8454, 8.0816)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09D35 #3538A0

analogous

#A06835 #A09D35 #6EA035

triadic

#A09D35 #35A09D #9D35A0

tetradic

#A09D35 #35A068 #3538A0 #A0356E

square

#A09D35 #35A068 #3538A0 #A0356E

split-complementary

#A09D35 #356EA0 #6835A0

monochromatic

#444317 #727026 #A09D35 #C4C14E #D4D17C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A09D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#A09D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09D35

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09D35	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.124 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb972',
    500: '#a09d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09d35;
$custom-light: #bfb972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.318,
    "s": 50.235,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67877,
    "c": 0.12405,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09D35

secondary

#7476BC

accent

#52DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09D35

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

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