#A09E14#A09E14

#A09E14 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.143 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E14
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 20)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 88%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 87.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -13.84, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 64.69, 102.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.0458 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.143 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8515, 31.9787, 5.4198)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E14 #1416A0

analogous

#A05814 #A09E14 #5CA014

triadic

#A09E14 #14A09E #9E14A0

tetradic

#A09E14 #14A058 #1416A0 #A0145C

square

#A09E14 #14A058 #1416A0 #A0145C

split-complementary

#A09E14 #145CA0 #5814A0

monochromatic

#333306 #6A680D #A09E14 #D6D41B #E8E646

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A09E14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#A09E14 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E14

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E14	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)

#AC9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.143 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ba64',
    500: '#a09e14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e14;
$custom-light: #c0ba64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67911,
    "c": 0.14254,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E14

secondary

#4749C9

accent

#36F434

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E14

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

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