#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
RGBrgb(160, 158, 70)
HSLhsl(59, 39%, 45%)
HSVhsv(59, 56%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.2%, 56.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(63.65, -11.29, 45.39)
CIE-LCHlch(63.65, 46.77, 103.97°)
OKLaboklab(68.27% -0.0339 0.1055)
OKLCHoklch(68.27% 0.111 107.8)
XYZxyz(27.8303, 32.3703, 10.5752)
Luminance0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##A09E461.002.817.477.47
#FFFFFF2.811.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4721.001.001.00
##0000007.4721.001.001.00

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

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#A09E46 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva