#A09E1F#A09E1F
#A09E1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.138 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A09E1F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(160, 158, 31) |
| HSL | hsl(59, 68%, 37%) |
| HSV | hsv(59, 81%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 80.6%, 37.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.37, -13.52, 60.49) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.37, 61.98, 102.60°) |
| OKLab | oklab(67.96% -0.0441 0.1311) |
| OKLCH | oklch(67.96% 0.138 108.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.9725, 32.0271, 6.0571) |
| Luminance | 0.3203 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.10
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.74
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 3.19
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 3.82
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 5.01
Baby Shit Green
#889717
ΔE00 5.52
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A09E1F #1F21A0
analogous
#A05E1F #A09E1F #61A01F
triadic
#A09E1F #1FA09E #9E1FA0
tetradic
#A09E1F #1FA05E #1F21A0 #A01F61
square
#A09E1F #1FA05E #1F21A0 #A01F61
split-complementary
#A09E1F #1F61A0 #5E1FA0
monochromatic
#39390B #6D6B15 #A09E1F #D3D129 #DFDD5A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.84
#A09E1F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.41
#A09E1F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A09E1F
7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A09E1F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A09E1F | 1.00 | 2.84 | 7.41 | 7.41 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.84 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AC9700
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AD9B2B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AC9387
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a09e1f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 31); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.138 108.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c0ba67',
500: '#a09e1f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a09e1f; $custom-light: #c0ba67; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a09e1f",
"rgb": {
"r": 160,
"g": 158,
"b": 31
},
"hsl": {
"h": 59.07,
"s": 67.539,
"l": 37.451
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.67955,
"c": 0.13828,
"h": 108.6
},
"luminance": 0.32026
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A09E1F
secondary
#5859C3
accent
#40EA3D
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EB
border
#D1D0C6
text
#131107
muted
#82807A