#A09D40#A09D40

#A09D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.115 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09D40
RGB	rgb(160, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 60%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -11.23, 47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 49.11, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0344 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.115 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4804, 31.9585, 9.5705)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09D40 #4043A0

analogous

#A06D40 #A09D40 #73A040

triadic

#A09D40 #40A09D #9D40A0

tetradic

#A09D40 #40A06D #4043A0 #A04073

square

#A09D40 #40A06D #4043A0 #A04073

split-complementary

#A09D40 #4073A0 #6D40A0

monochromatic

#49471D #74722F #A09D40 #BFBC5E #D0CE8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A09D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#A09D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09D40

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09D40	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.115 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb979',
    500: '#a09d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09d40;
$custom-light: #bfb979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67982,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09D40

secondary

#8183BB

accent

#59D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09D40

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

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