#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
RGBrgb(165, 144, 33)
HSLhsl(50, 67%, 39%)
HSVhsv(50, 80%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.7%, 80%, 35.3%)
CIE-LABlab(59.94, -3.73, 57.01)
CIE-LCHlch(59.94, 57.14, 93.74°)
OKLaboklab(65.34% -0.0168 0.1237)
OKLCHoklch(65.34% 0.125 97.7)
XYZxyz(25.7662, 28.0570, 5.4969)
Luminance0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##A590211.003.186.616.61
#FFFFFF3.181.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6121.001.001.00
##0000006.6121.001.001.00

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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#A59021 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva