#A09E1A#A09E1A

#A09E1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.140 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E1A
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 26)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 84%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 83.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, -13.68, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 63.32, 102.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0449 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.14 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9116, 32.0028, 5.7366)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E1A #1A1CA0

analogous

#A05B1A #A09E1A #5FA01A

triadic

#A09E1A #1AA09E #9E1AA0

tetradic

#A09E1A #1AA05B #1A1CA0 #A01A5F

square

#A09E1A #1AA05B #1A1CA0 #A01A5F

split-complementary

#A09E1A #1A5FA0 #5B1AA0

monochromatic

#373609 #6B6A11 #A09E1A #D5D223 #E3E152

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A09E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#A09E1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E1A

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E1A	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: #a09e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.140 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ba66',
    500: '#a09e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e1a;
$custom-light: #c0ba66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67933,
    "c": 0.14041,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E1A

secondary

#5052C5

accent

#3CEF39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E1A

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

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