#A09E38#A09E38

#A09E38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.123 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E38
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, -12.30, 51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 53.03, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.0383 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.123 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4388, 32.2137, 8.5131)
Luminance	0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E38 #383AA0

analogous

#A06A38 #A09E38 #6EA038

triadic

#A09E38 #38A09E #9E38A0

tetradic

#A09E38 #38A06A #383AA0 #A0386E

square

#A09E38 #38A06A #383AA0 #A0386E

split-complementary

#A09E38 #386EA0 #6A38A0

monochromatic

#454418 #737128 #A09E38 #C3C053 #D3D180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A09E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#A09E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E38

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E38	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)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.123 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba74',
    500: '#a09e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e38;
$custom-light: #bfba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68127,
    "c": 0.12281,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E38

secondary

#7879BC

accent

#53D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E38

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

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