#A09E46#A09E46

#A09E46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.111 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E46
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 70)
HSL	hsl(59, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 56.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, -11.29, 45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 46.77, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0339 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.111 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8303, 32.3703, 10.5752)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E46 #4648A0

analogous

#A07146 #A09E46 #75A046

triadic

#A09E46 #46A09E #9E46A0

tetradic

#A09E46 #46A071 #4648A0 #A04675

square

#A09E46 #46A071 #4648A0 #A04675

split-complementary

#A09E46 #4675A0 #7146A0

monochromatic

#4B4A21 #757433 #A09E46 #BCBB67 #CFCE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A09E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#A09E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E46

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E46	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA983D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.111 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beba7c',
    500: '#a09e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e46;
$custom-light: #beba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 39.13,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68271,
    "c": 0.11077,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E46

secondary

#8788BB

accent

#5BCF59

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#12110A

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E46

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

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