#A09E80#A09E80

#A09E80 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.042 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09E80
RGB	rgb(160, 158, 128)
HSL	hsl(56, 14%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 20%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 20%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, -4.45, 15.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 16.59, 105.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% -0.0104 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.042 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6202, 33.4862, 25.2683)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09E80 #8082A0

analogous

#A08E80 #A09E80 #92A080

triadic

#A09E80 #80A09E #9E80A0

tetradic

#A09E80 #80A08E #8082A0 #A08092

square

#A09E80 #80A08E #8082A0 #A08092

split-complementary

#A09E80 #8092A0 #8E80A0

monochromatic

#5F5D47 #828061 #A09E80 #BAB9A3 #D4D3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A09E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#A09E80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09E80

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09E80	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49C7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59D81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 158, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.042 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbaa5',
    500: '#a09e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09e80;
$custom-light: #bcbaa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 14.414,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69284,
    "c": 0.04218,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09E80

secondary

#B7B8C4

accent

#75B771

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12110F

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09E80

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

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