#A09D36#A09D36

#A09D36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.123 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09D36
RGB	rgb(160, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 66.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, -11.90, 52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 53.46, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.0374 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.123 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2210, 31.8547, 8.2040)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09D36 #3639A0

analogous

#A06836 #A09D36 #6EA036

triadic

#A09D36 #36A09D #9D36A0

tetradic

#A09D36 #36A068 #3639A0 #A0366E

square

#A09D36 #36A068 #3639A0 #A0366E

split-complementary

#A09D36 #366EA0 #6836A0

monochromatic

#444317 #727027 #A09D36 #C4C04F #D3D17D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A09D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#A09D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09D36

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09D36	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)

#AA9728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.123 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb973',
    500: '#a09d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09d36;
$custom-light: #bfb973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.302,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67886,
    "c": 0.1233,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09D36

secondary

#7578BC

accent

#53D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09D36

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

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