#A09E19#A09E19

#A09E19 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.141 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E19
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 25)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 84%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 84.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, -13.71, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 63.57, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0451 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.141 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9006, 31.9984, 5.6788)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E19 #191BA0

analogous

#A05B19 #A09E19 #5FA019

triadic

#A09E19 #19A09E #9E19A0

tetradic

#A09E19 #19A05B #191BA0 #A0195F

square

#A09E19 #19A05B #191BA0 #A0195F

split-complementary

#A09E19 #195FA0 #5B19A0

monochromatic

#363508 #6B6A11 #A09E19 #D5D221 #E4E150

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A09E19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#A09E19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E19

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E19	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)

#AE9B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.141 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ba65',
    500: '#a09e19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e19;
$custom-light: #c0ba65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.111,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67929,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E19

secondary

#4F51C6

accent

#3BF038

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E19

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

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