#A59021#A59021

#A59021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.125 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59021
RGB	rgb(165, 144, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 80%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, -3.73, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 57.14, 93.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% -0.0168 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.125 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7662, 28.0570, 5.4969)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59021 #2136A5

analogous

#A54E21 #A59021 #78A521

triadic

#A59021 #21A590 #9021A5

tetradic

#A59021 #21A54E #2136A5 #A52178

square

#A59021 #21A54E #2136A5 #A52178

split-complementary

#A59021 #2178A5 #4E21A5

monochromatic

#3F370D #726317 #A59021 #D5BB2E #DFCB61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A59021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#A59021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59021

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59021	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 144, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.125 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b067',
    500: '#a59021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59021;
$custom-light: #c4b067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65342,
    "c": 0.12487,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59021

secondary

#5E6EC4

accent

#59EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59021

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

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