#A09F23#A09F23

#A09F23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.137 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09F23
RGB	rgb(160, 159, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 78.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, -13.89, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 61.15, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% -0.0449 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.137 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1998, 32.3921, 6.4093)
Luminance	0.3239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09F23 #2324A0

analogous

#A06023 #A09F23 #62A023

triadic

#A09F23 #23A09F #9F23A0

tetradic

#A09F23 #23A060 #2324A0 #A02362

square

#A09F23 #23A060 #2324A0 #A02362

split-complementary

#A09F23 #2362A0 #6023A0

monochromatic

#3C3B0D #6E6D18 #A09F23 #D1D02F #DCDB61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A09F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#A09F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09F23

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09F23	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)

#AC9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 159, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.137 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bb69',
    500: '#a09f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09f23;
$custom-light: #c0bb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.52,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68201,
    "c": 0.13733,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09F23

secondary

#5D5EC1

accent

#42E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09F23

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

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