#A09E29#A09E29

#A09E29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.133 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E29
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 41)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 74.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -13.12, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 58.81, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0422 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.133 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1253, 32.0883, 6.8622)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E29 #292BA0

analogous

#A06329 #A09E29 #66A029

triadic

#A09E29 #29A09E #9E29A0

tetradic

#A09E29 #29A063 #292BA0 #A02966

square

#A09E29 #29A063 #292BA0 #A02966

split-complementary

#A09E29 #2966A0 #6329A0

monochromatic

#3F3E10 #6F6E1D #A09E29 #CCCA3A #D9D76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A09E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#A09E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E29

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E29	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)

#AB9711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.133 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ba6c',
    500: '#a09e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e29;
$custom-light: #c0ba6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.992,
    "s": 59.204,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68012,
    "c": 0.13307,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E29

secondary

#6567BF

accent

#48E245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E29

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

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