#A09E2D#A09E2D

#A09E2D 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	#A09E2D
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 71.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, -12.93, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 57.38, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.0412 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.131 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1987, 32.1176, 7.2487)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E2D #2D2FA0

analogous

#A0652D #A09E2D #68A02D

triadic

#A09E2D #2DA09E #9E2DA0

tetradic

#A09E2D #2DA065 #2D2FA0 #A02D68

square

#A09E2D #2DA065 #2D2FA0 #A02D68

split-complementary

#A09E2D #2D68A0 #652DA0

monochromatic

#404012 #706F20 #A09E2D #C9C741 #D7D570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A09E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#A09E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E2D

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E2D	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)

#AB9719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.131 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba6e',
    500: '#a09e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e2d;
$custom-light: #bfba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68039,
    "c": 0.13061,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E2D

secondary

#6B6CBE

accent

#4BDF48

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E2D

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

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