#A09F17#A09F17

#A09F17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.142 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09F17
RGB	rgb(160, 159, 23)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -14.28, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 64.38, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% -0.0468 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.142 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0511, 32.3326, 5.6263)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09F17 #1718A0

analogous

#A05A17 #A09F17 #5CA017

triadic

#A09F17 #17A09F #9F17A0

tetradic

#A09F17 #17A05A #1718A0 #A0175C

square

#A09F17 #17A05A #1718A0 #A0175C

split-complementary

#A09F17 #175CA0 #5A17A0

monochromatic

#353508 #6A6A0F #A09F17 #D6D41F #E5E44C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A09F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#A09F17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09F17

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09F17	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)

#AD9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 159, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.142 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bb65',
    500: '#a09f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09f17;
$custom-light: #c0bb65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.562,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68147,
    "c": 0.14248,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09F17

secondary

#4C4DC7

accent

#38F136

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09F17

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

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