#A09E24#A09E24

#A09E24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.136 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E24
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 36)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 77.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, -13.33, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 60.48, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0432 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.136 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0436, 32.0556, 6.4315)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E24 #2426A0

analogous

#A06024 #A09E24 #64A024

triadic

#A09E24 #24A09E #9E24A0

tetradic

#A09E24 #24A060 #2426A0 #A02464

square

#A09E24 #24A060 #2426A0 #A02464

split-complementary

#A09E24 #2464A0 #6024A0

monochromatic

#3C3B0E #6E6D19 #A09E24 #D1CE31 #DCDA63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A09E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#A09E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E24

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E24	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)

#AB9702

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.136 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ba6a',
    500: '#a09e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e24;
$custom-light: #c0ba6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67982,
    "c": 0.13584,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E24

secondary

#5F60C1

accent

#44E641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E24

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

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