#A09E1B#A09E1B

#A09E1B 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	#A09E1B
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 27)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 83.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, -13.65, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 63.07, 102.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.0448 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.14 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9230, 32.0073, 5.7965)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E1B #1B1DA0

analogous

#A05C1B #A09E1B #60A01B

triadic

#A09E1B #1BA09E #9E1BA0

tetradic

#A09E1B #1BA05C #1B1DA0 #A01B60

square

#A09E1B #1BA05C #1B1DA0 #A01B60

split-complementary

#A09E1B #1B60A0 #5C1BA0

monochromatic

#373709 #6C6A12 #A09E1B #D4D224 #E2E053

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A09E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#A09E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E1B

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E1B	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)

#AE9B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.140 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ba66',
    500: '#a09e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e1b;
$custom-light: #c0ba66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67937,
    "c": 0.14001,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E1B

secondary

#5254C5

accent

#3DEE3A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E1B

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

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