#A09E34#A09E34

#A09E34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.126 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E34
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 52)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 67.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -12.54, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 54.68, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.0394 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.126 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3448, 32.1761, 8.0183)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E34 #3436A0

analogous

#A06834 #A09E34 #6CA034

triadic

#A09E34 #34A09E #9E34A0

tetradic

#A09E34 #34A068 #3436A0 #A0346C

square

#A09E34 #34A068 #3436A0 #A0346C

split-complementary

#A09E34 #346CA0 #6834A0

monochromatic

#444316 #727025 #A09E34 #C5C34C #D4D27A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A09E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#A09E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E34

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E34	1.00	2.82	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.82	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)

#AB9825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.126 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba72',
    500: '#a09e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e34;
$custom-light: #bfba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.889,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68093,
    "c": 0.12582,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E34

secondary

#7374BD

accent

#50DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E34

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

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