#A09F21#A09F21

#A09F21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.138 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09F21
RGB	rgb(160, 159, 33)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, -13.97, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 61.76, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0452 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.138 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1709, 32.3805, 6.2574)
Luminance	0.3238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09F21 #2122A0

analogous

#A06021 #A09F21 #61A021

triadic

#A09F21 #21A09F #9F21A0

tetradic

#A09F21 #21A060 #2122A0 #A02161

square

#A09F21 #21A060 #2122A0 #A02161

split-complementary

#A09F21 #2161A0 #6021A0

monochromatic

#3B3A0C #6D6D17 #A09F21 #D3D12B #DEDD5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A09F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#A09F21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09F21

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09F21	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 159, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.138 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bb68',
    500: '#a09f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09f21;
$custom-light: #c0bb68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.528,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6819,
    "c": 0.13833,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09F21

secondary

#5B5BC2

accent

#40E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09F21

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

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