#A09F38#A09F38

#A09F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.124 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09F38
RGB	rgb(160, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, -12.82, 51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 53.44, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.0398 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.124 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6101, 32.5562, 8.5702)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09F38 #3839A0

analogous

#A06B38 #A09F38 #6DA038

triadic

#A09F38 #38A09F #9F38A0

tetradic

#A09F38 #38A06B #3839A0 #A0386D

square

#A09F38 #38A06B #3839A0 #A0386D

split-complementary

#A09F38 #386DA0 #6B38A0

monochromatic

#454518 #737228 #A09F38 #C3C253 #D3D280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A09F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A09F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A09F38

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09F38	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)

#AC992A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.124 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbb74',
    500: '#a09f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09f38;
$custom-light: #bfbb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.423,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68351,
    "c": 0.12386,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09F38

secondary

#7878BC

accent

#51D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09F38

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

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