#A09E40#A09E40

#A09E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.116 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E40
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 60%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, -11.75, 48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 49.54, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.0359 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.116 108)
XYZ	xyz(27.6503, 32.2983, 9.6272)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E40 #4042A0

analogous

#A06E40 #A09E40 #72A040

triadic

#A09E40 #40A09E #9E40A0

tetradic

#A09E40 #40A06E #4042A0 #A04072

square

#A09E40 #40A06E #4042A0 #A04072

split-complementary

#A09E40 #4072A0 #6E40A0

monochromatic

#49481D #74732F #A09E40 #BFBD5E #D0CF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A09E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#A09E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E40

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E40	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.116 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba79',
    500: '#a09e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e40;
$custom-light: #bfba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68205,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.32297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E40

secondary

#8182BB

accent

#58D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E40

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

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