#A09E42#A09E42

#A09E42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.114 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E42
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 58.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -11.60, 47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 48.63, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.0352 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.114 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7083, 32.3214, 9.9323)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E42 #4244A0

analogous

#A06F42 #A09E42 #73A042

triadic

#A09E42 #42A09E #9E42A0

tetradic

#A09E42 #42A06F #4244A0 #A04273

square

#A09E42 #42A06F #4244A0 #A04273

split-complementary

#A09E42 #4273A0 #6F42A0

monochromatic

#49481E #757330 #A09E42 #BEBC61 #D0CE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A09E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#A09E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E42

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E42	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	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)

#AA9838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.114 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beba7a',
    500: '#a09e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e42;
$custom-light: #beba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68226,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E42

secondary

#8384BB

accent

#59D156

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E42

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

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