#A09F35#A09F35

#A09F35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.126 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09F35
RGB	rgb(160, 159, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 66.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -13.01, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 54.67, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.0406 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.126 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5389, 32.5277, 8.1953)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09F35 #3536A0

analogous

#A06A35 #A09F35 #6CA035

triadic

#A09F35 #35A09F #9F35A0

tetradic

#A09F35 #35A06A #3536A0 #A0356C

square

#A09F35 #35A06A #3536A0 #A0356C

split-complementary

#A09F35 #356CA0 #6A35A0

monochromatic

#444417 #727126 #A09F35 #C4C34E #D4D37C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A09F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A09F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09F35

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09F35	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 159, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.126 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbb72',
    500: '#a09f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09f35;
$custom-light: #bfbb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.439,
    "s": 50.235,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68325,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09F35

secondary

#7475BC

accent

#4FDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09F35

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

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