#A09F1B#A09F1B

#A09F1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.141 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09F1B
RGB	rgb(160, 159, 27)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(60, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 83.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, -14.17, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 63.42, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0462 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.141 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0943, 32.3499, 5.8536)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09F1B #1B1CA0

analogous

#A05D1B #A09F1B #5FA01B

triadic

#A09F1B #1BA09F #9F1BA0

tetradic

#A09F1B #1BA05D #1B1CA0 #A01B5F

square

#A09F1B #1BA05D #1B1CA0 #A01B5F

split-complementary

#A09F1B #1B5FA0 #5D1BA0

monochromatic

#373709 #6C6B12 #A09F1B #D4D324 #E2E153

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A09F1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#A09F1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09F1B

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09F1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09F1B	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)

#AE9C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09f1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 159, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.141 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bb66',
    500: '#a09f1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09f1b;
$custom-light: #c0bb66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09f1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.549,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68162,
    "c": 0.14097,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09F1B

secondary

#5253C5

accent

#3BEE3A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09F1B

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

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