#A09E37#A09E37

#A09E37 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	#A09E37
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 65.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.51, -12.36, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.51, 53.45, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.0386 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.124 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4146, 32.2040, 8.3856)
Luminance	0.3220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E37 #3739A0

analogous

#A06A37 #A09E37 #6EA037

triadic

#A09E37 #37A09E #9E37A0

tetradic

#A09E37 #37A06A #3739A0 #A0376E

square

#A09E37 #37A06A #3739A0 #A0376E

split-complementary

#A09E37 #376EA0 #6A37A0

monochromatic

#454418 #727127 #A09E37 #C3C151 #D3D17F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A09E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#A09E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E37

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E37	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)

#AB9829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.124 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba73',
    500: '#a09e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e37;
$custom-light: #bfba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.857,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68118,
    "c": 0.12358,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E37

secondary

#7778BC

accent

#52D84F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E37

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

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