#A09E23#A09E23

#A09E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.136 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E23
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 78.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, -13.37, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 60.79, 102.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0434 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.136 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0285, 32.0495, 6.3522)
Luminance	0.3205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E23 #2325A0

analogous

#A05F23 #A09E23 #63A023

triadic

#A09E23 #23A09E #9E23A0

tetradic

#A09E23 #23A05F #2325A0 #A02363

square

#A09E23 #23A05F #2325A0 #A02363

split-complementary

#A09E23 #2363A0 #5F23A0

monochromatic

#3C3B0D #6E6C18 #A09E23 #D1CF2F #DCDA61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A09E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#A09E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E23

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E23	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	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)

#AD9B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.136 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ba69',
    500: '#a09e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e23;
$custom-light: #c0ba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67976,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E23

secondary

#5D5FC1

accent

#43E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E23

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

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