#A09E35#A09E35

#A09E35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.125 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E35
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 66.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, -12.48, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 54.27, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0392 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.125 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3676, 32.1852, 8.1382)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E35 #3537A0

analogous

#A06935 #A09E35 #6CA035

triadic

#A09E35 #35A09E #9E35A0

tetradic

#A09E35 #35A069 #3537A0 #A0356C

square

#A09E35 #35A069 #3537A0 #A0356C

split-complementary

#A09E35 #356CA0 #6935A0

monochromatic

#444317 #727126 #A09E35 #C4C24E #D4D27C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A09E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#A09E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E35

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E35	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.125 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba72',
    500: '#a09e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e35;
$custom-light: #bfba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.879,
    "s": 50.235,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68101,
    "c": 0.12509,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E35

secondary

#7476BC

accent

#51DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E35

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

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