#A59025#A59025

#A59025 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.123 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59025
RGB	rgb(165, 144, 37)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 77.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -3.57, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 55.79, 93.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% -0.0159 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.123 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8256, 28.0808, 5.8097)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59025 #253AA5

analogous

#A55025 #A59025 #7AA525

triadic

#A59025 #25A590 #9025A5

tetradic

#A59025 #25A550 #253AA5 #A5257A

square

#A59025 #25A550 #253AA5 #A5257A

split-complementary

#A59025 #257AA5 #5025A5

monochromatic

#41390F #73641A #A59025 #D2B835 #DDCA67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A59025 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#A59025 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59025

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59025	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59025	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5932C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59025;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 144, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.123 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b068',
    500: '#a59025',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59025;
$custom-light: #c4b068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59025",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65366,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59025

secondary

#6373C3

accent

#5CE641

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59025

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

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