#A09D38#A09D38

#A09D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.122 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09D38
RGB	rgb(160, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -11.77, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 52.62, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.0368 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.122 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2689, 31.8739, 8.4565)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09D38 #383BA0

analogous

#A06938 #A09D38 #6FA038

triadic

#A09D38 #38A09D #9D38A0

tetradic

#A09D38 #38A069 #383BA0 #A0386F

square

#A09D38 #38A069 #383BA0 #A0386F

split-complementary

#A09D38 #386FA0 #6938A0

monochromatic

#454418 #737128 #A09D38 #C3BF53 #D3D080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A09D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#A09D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09D38

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09D38	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)

#AA972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.122 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb974',
    500: '#a09d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09d38;
$custom-light: #bfb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.269,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67903,
    "c": 0.12176,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09D38

secondary

#787ABC

accent

#54D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09D38

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

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