#A09D37#A09D37

#A09D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.123 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09D37
RGB	rgb(160, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 65.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, -11.84, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 53.04, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.0371 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.123 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2447, 31.8642, 8.3289)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09D37 #373AA0

analogous

#A06937 #A09D37 #6EA037

triadic

#A09D37 #37A09D #9D37A0

tetradic

#A09D37 #37A069 #373AA0 #A0376E

square

#A09D37 #37A069 #373AA0 #A0376E

split-complementary

#A09D37 #376EA0 #6937A0

monochromatic

#454418 #727027 #A09D37 #C3C051 #D3D07F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A09D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#A09D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09D37

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09D37	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)

#AA9729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.123 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb973',
    500: '#a09d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09d37;
$custom-light: #bfb973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67894,
    "c": 0.12253,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09D37

secondary

#7779BC

accent

#53D84F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09D37

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

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