#A09E26#A09E26

#A09E26 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	#A09E26
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 38)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 76.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, -13.25, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 59.83, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% -0.0428 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.135 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0750, 32.0681, 6.5969)
Luminance	0.3207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E26 #2628A0

analogous

#A06126 #A09E26 #65A026

triadic

#A09E26 #26A09E #9E26A0

tetradic

#A09E26 #26A061 #2628A0 #A02665

square

#A09E26 #26A061 #2628A0 #A02665

split-complementary

#A09E26 #2665A0 #6126A0

monochromatic

#3D3C0F #6F6D1A #A09E26 #CFCC34 #DBD966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A09E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#A09E26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E26

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E26	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)

#AB9708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.135 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ba6a',
    500: '#a09e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e26;
$custom-light: #c0ba6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 61.616,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67993,
    "c": 0.13477,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E26

secondary

#6163C0

accent

#46E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E26

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

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