#A09E25#A09E25

#A09E25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.135 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E25
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 37)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 76.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, -13.29, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 60.16, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% -0.043 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.135 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0590, 32.0618, 6.5131)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E25 #2527A0

analogous

#A06025 #A09E25 #64A025

triadic

#A09E25 #25A09E #9E25A0

tetradic

#A09E25 #25A060 #2527A0 #A02564

square

#A09E25 #25A060 #2527A0 #A02564

split-complementary

#A09E25 #2564A0 #6025A0

monochromatic

#3D3C0E #6E6D1A #A09E25 #D0CD32 #DBD964

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A09E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#A09E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E25

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E25	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)

#AB9705

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.135 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ba6a',
    500: '#a09e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e25;
$custom-light: #c0ba6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 62.437,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67987,
    "c": 0.13531,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E25

secondary

#6062C1

accent

#45E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E25

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

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