#A09E36#A09E36

#A09E36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.124 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E36
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 66.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, -12.42, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 53.86, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.0389 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.124 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3909, 32.1945, 8.2606)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E36 #3638A0

analogous

#A06936 #A09E36 #6DA036

triadic

#A09E36 #36A09E #9E36A0

tetradic

#A09E36 #36A069 #3638A0 #A0366D

square

#A09E36 #36A069 #3638A0 #A0366D

split-complementary

#A09E36 #366DA0 #6936A0

monochromatic

#444417 #727127 #A09E36 #C4C24F #D3D27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A09E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#A09E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E36

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E36	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)

#AB9828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.124 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba73',
    500: '#a09e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e36;
$custom-light: #bfba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68109,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E36

secondary

#7577BC

accent

#51D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E36

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

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