#A09E28#A09E28

#A09E28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.134 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E28
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 40)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 75%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, -13.16, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 59.16, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0424 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.134 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1081, 32.0814, 6.7714)
Luminance	0.3208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E28 #282AA0

analogous

#A06228 #A09E28 #66A028

triadic

#A09E28 #28A09E #9E28A0

tetradic

#A09E28 #28A062 #282AA0 #A02866

square

#A09E28 #28A062 #282AA0 #A02866

split-complementary

#A09E28 #2866A0 #6228A0

monochromatic

#3E3D10 #6F6E1C #A09E28 #CDCB38 #D9D869

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A09E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#A09E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E28

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E28	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB970E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.134 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ba6b',
    500: '#a09e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e28;
$custom-light: #c0ba6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68005,
    "c": 0.13365,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E28

secondary

#6466C0

accent

#47E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E28

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

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