#A09D42#A09D42

#A09D42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.113 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09D42
RGB	rgb(160, 157, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 58.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -11.08, 46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 48.20, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68% -0.0337 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.113 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5384, 31.9817, 9.8757)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09D42 #4245A0

analogous

#A06E42 #A09D42 #74A042

triadic

#A09D42 #42A09D #9D42A0

tetradic

#A09D42 #42A06E #4245A0 #A04274

square

#A09D42 #42A06E #4245A0 #A04274

split-complementary

#A09D42 #4274A0 #6E42A0

monochromatic

#49481E #757230 #A09D42 #BEBB61 #D0CE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A09D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#A09D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09D42

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09D42	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.113 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb97a',
    500: '#a09d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09d42;
$custom-light: #beb97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.085,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68003,
    "c": 0.11336,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09D42

secondary

#8385BB

accent

#5AD156

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09D42

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

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