#A09E2C#A09E2C

#A09E2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.131 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E2C
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 44)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 72.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, -12.98, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 57.75, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.0415 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.131 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1797, 32.1100, 7.1485)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E2C #2C2EA0

analogous

#A0642C #A09E2C #68A02C

triadic

#A09E2C #2CA09E #9E2CA0

tetradic

#A09E2C #2CA064 #2C2EA0 #A02C68

square

#A09E2C #2CA064 #2C2EA0 #A02C68

split-complementary

#A09E2C #2C68A0 #642CA0

monochromatic

#403F12 #706F1F #A09E2C #CAC83F #D7D66F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A09E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#A09E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E2C

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E2C	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)

#AB9717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.131 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba6d',
    500: '#a09e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e2c;
$custom-light: #bfba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68032,
    "c": 0.13124,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E2C

secondary

#696BBF

accent

#4AE048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E2C

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

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