#A09E21#A09E21

#A09E21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.137 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E21
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 33)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, -13.45, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 61.40, 102.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% -0.0438 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.137 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9996, 32.0380, 6.2003)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E21 #2123A0

analogous

#A05E21 #A09E21 #62A021

triadic

#A09E21 #21A09E #9E21A0

tetradic

#A09E21 #21A05E #2123A0 #A02162

square

#A09E21 #21A05E #2123A0 #A02162

split-complementary

#A09E21 #2162A0 #5E21A0

monochromatic

#3B3A0C #6D6C17 #A09E21 #D3D02B #DEDC5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A09E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#A09E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E21

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E21	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)

#AD9B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.137 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ba68',
    500: '#a09e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e21;
$custom-light: #c0ba68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67965,
    "c": 0.13734,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E21

secondary

#5B5CC2

accent

#42E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E21

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

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