#A09E32#A09E32

#A09E32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.127 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E32
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 50)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 68.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, -12.66, 54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 55.47, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.04 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.127 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3008, 32.1584, 7.7861)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E32 #3234A0

analogous

#A06732 #A09E32 #6BA032

triadic

#A09E32 #32A09E #9E32A0

tetradic

#A09E32 #32A067 #3234A0 #A0326B

square

#A09E32 #32A067 #3234A0 #A0326B

split-complementary

#A09E32 #326BA0 #6732A0

monochromatic

#434215 #717023 #A09E32 #C6C449 #D5D378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A09E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#A09E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E32

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E32	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.127 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba71',
    500: '#a09e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e32;
$custom-light: #bfba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.909,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68076,
    "c": 0.12725,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E32

secondary

#7172BD

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E32

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

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