#A09E4E#A09E4E

#A09E4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.103 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E4E
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 51.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -10.60, 41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 42.93, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% -0.031 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.103 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0999, 32.4781, 11.9949)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E4E #4E50A0

analogous

#A0754E #A09E4E #79A04E

triadic

#A09E4E #4EA09E #9E4EA0

tetradic

#A09E4E #4EA075 #4E50A0 #A04E79

square

#A09E4E #4EA075 #4E50A0 #A04E79

split-complementary

#A09E4E #4E79A0 #754EA0

monochromatic

#4E4D26 #77753A #A09E4E #BAB871 #CECD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A09E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#A09E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E4E

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E4E	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.103 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beba82',
    500: '#a09e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e4e;
$custom-light: #beba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6837,
    "c": 0.10293,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E4E

secondary

#8F90BB

accent

#60CB5D

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12110A

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E4E

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

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