#A09E2B#A09E2B

#A09E2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.132 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E2B
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 73.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, -13.02, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 58.11, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.0417 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.132 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1611, 32.1026, 7.0507)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E2B #2B2DA0

analogous

#A0632B #A09E2B #68A02B

triadic

#A09E2B #2BA09E #9E2BA0

tetradic

#A09E2B #2BA063 #2B2DA0 #A02B68

square

#A09E2B #2BA063 #2B2DA0 #A02B68

split-complementary

#A09E2B #2B68A0 #632BA0

monochromatic

#403F11 #706E1E #A09E2B #CBC93D #D8D66E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A09E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#A09E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E2B

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E2B	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)

#AB9715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.132 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba6d',
    500: '#a09e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e2b;
$custom-light: #bfba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.974,
    "s": 57.635,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68025,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E2B

secondary

#6869BF

accent

#4AE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E2B

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

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