#A09F15#A09F15

#A09F15 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.143 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09F15
RGB	rgb(160, 159, 21)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(60, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 86.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -14.34, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 64.82, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.0471 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.143 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0318, 32.3249, 5.5247)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09F15 #1516A0

analogous

#A05915 #A09F15 #5CA015

triadic

#A09F15 #15A09F #9F15A0

tetradic

#A09F15 #15A059 #1516A0 #A0155C

square

#A09F15 #15A059 #1516A0 #A0155C

split-complementary

#A09F15 #155CA0 #5915A0

monochromatic

#343307 #6A690E #A09F15 #D6D51C #E7E648

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A09F15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#A09F15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09F15

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09F15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09F15	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)

#AD9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09f15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 159, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.143 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bb64',
    500: '#a09f15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09f15;
$custom-light: #c0bb64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09f15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.568,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6814,
    "c": 0.14315,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09F15

secondary

#494AC8

accent

#36F334

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09F15

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

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