#A09D85#A09D85

#A09D85 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.034 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09D85
RGB	rgb(160, 157, 133)
HSL	hsl(53, 12%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 17%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 16.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, -3.11, 12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 13.34, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0067 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.034 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7875, 33.2813, 26.9878)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09D85 #8588A0

analogous

#A08F85 #A09D85 #96A085

triadic

#A09D85 #85A09D #9D85A0

tetradic

#A09D85 #85A08F #8588A0 #A08596

square

#A09D85 #85A08F #8588A0 #A08596

split-complementary

#A09D85 #8596A0 #8F85A0

monochromatic

#605E4B #827F65 #A09D85 #BBB9A7 #D6D4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A09D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#A09D85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09D85

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09D85	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 157, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.034 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb9a8',
    500: '#a09d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09d85;
$custom-light: #bcb9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 12.442,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6919,
    "c": 0.03409,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09D85

secondary

#BBBCC6

accent

#7AB572

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12110F

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09D85

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

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