#A09E2A#A09E2A

#A09E2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.132 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E2A
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 73.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -13.07, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 58.46, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% -0.0419 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.132 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1430, 32.0953, 6.9553)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E2A #2A2CA0

analogous

#A0632A #A09E2A #67A02A

triadic

#A09E2A #2AA09E #9E2AA0

tetradic

#A09E2A #2AA063 #2A2CA0 #A02A67

square

#A09E2A #2AA063 #2A2CA0 #A02A67

split-complementary

#A09E2A #2A67A0 #632AA0

monochromatic

#3F3E11 #706E1D #A09E2A #CCC93C #D8D76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A09E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#A09E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E2A

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E2A	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)

#AB9713

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.132 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba6c',
    500: '#a09e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e2a;
$custom-light: #bfba6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 58.416,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68018,
    "c": 0.13247,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E2A

secondary

#6768BF

accent

#49E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E2A

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

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