#A09D4E#A09D4E

#A09D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.102 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09D4E
RGB	rgb(160, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 51.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, -10.07, 41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 42.48, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% -0.0295 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.102 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9300, 32.1383, 11.9383)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09D4E #4E51A0

analogous

#A0744E #A09D4E #7AA04E

triadic

#A09D4E #4EA09D #9D4EA0

tetradic

#A09D4E #4EA074 #4E51A0 #A04E7A

square

#A09D4E #4EA074 #4E51A0 #A04E7A

split-complementary

#A09D4E #4E7AA0 #744EA0

monochromatic

#4E4C26 #77753A #A09D4E #BAB771 #CECC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A09D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#A09D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09D4E

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09D4E	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.102 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb982',
    500: '#a09d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09d4e;
$custom-light: #beb982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.805,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68148,
    "c": 0.10179,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09D4E

secondary

#8F91BB

accent

#61CB5D

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12110A

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09D4E

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

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