#A09F36#A09F36

#A09F36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.125 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09F36
RGB	rgb(160, 159, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 66.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -12.95, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 54.27, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.0404 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.125 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5621, 32.5370, 8.3177)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09F36 #3637A0

analogous

#A06A36 #A09F36 #6CA036

triadic

#A09F36 #36A09F #9F36A0

tetradic

#A09F36 #36A06A #3637A0 #A0366C

square

#A09F36 #36A06A #3637A0 #A0366C

split-complementary

#A09F36 #366CA0 #6A36A0

monochromatic

#444417 #727227 #A09F36 #C4C34F #D3D27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A09F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A09F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09F36

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09F36	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)

#AC9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 159, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.125 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbb73',
    500: '#a09f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09f36;
$custom-light: #bfbb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.434,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68334,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09F36

secondary

#7576BC

accent

#50D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09F36

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

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