#A59027#A59027

#A59027 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.122 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59027
RGB	rgb(165, 144, 39)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 76.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, -3.49, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 55.08, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% -0.0155 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.122 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8578, 28.0937, 5.9797)
Luminance	0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59027 #273CA5

analogous

#A55127 #A59027 #7BA527

triadic

#A59027 #27A590 #9027A5

tetradic

#A59027 #27A551 #273CA5 #A5277B

square

#A59027 #27A551 #273CA5 #A5277B

split-complementary

#A59027 #277BA5 #5127A5

monochromatic

#423A10 #74651B #A59027 #D0B739 #DCC96A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A59027 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#A59027 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59027

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59027	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59027	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)

#9F8D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59027;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 144, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.122 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b069',
    500: '#a59027',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59027;
$custom-light: #c4b069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59027",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65379,
    "c": 0.12158,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59027

secondary

#6675C2

accent

#5EE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59027

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

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