#A09E1D#A09E1D

#A09E1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.139 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E1D
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 29)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 81.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, -13.59, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 62.54, 102.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% -0.0445 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.139 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9469, 32.0169, 5.9226)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E1D #1D1FA0

analogous

#A05D1D #A09E1D #61A01D

triadic

#A09E1D #1DA09E #9E1DA0

tetradic

#A09E1D #1DA05D #1D1FA0 #A01D61

square

#A09E1D #1DA05D #1D1FA0 #A01D61

split-complementary

#A09E1D #1D61A0 #5D1DA0

monochromatic

#38380A #6C6B14 #A09E1D #D4D126 #E1DE57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A09E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#A09E1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E1D

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E1D	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)

#AE9B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.139 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ba67',
    500: '#a09e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e1d;
$custom-light: #c0ba67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 69.312,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67946,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E1D

secondary

#5556C4

accent

#3EEC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E1D

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

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