#A59028#A59028

#A59028 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.121 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59028
RGB	rgb(165, 144, 40)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 75.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, -3.44, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 54.71, 93.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% -0.0153 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.121 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8746, 28.1004, 6.0681)
Luminance	0.2810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59028 #283DA5

analogous

#A55128 #A59028 #7BA528

triadic

#A59028 #28A590 #9028A5

tetradic

#A59028 #28A551 #283DA5 #A5287B

square

#A59028 #28A551 #283DA5 #A5287B

split-complementary

#A59028 #287BA5 #5128A5

monochromatic

#423A10 #74651C #A59028 #CFB63B #DBC96C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A59028 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#A59028 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59028

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59028	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59028	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)

#9F8D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59028;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 144, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.121 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b06a',
    500: '#a59028',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59028;
$custom-light: #c3b06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59028",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65386,
    "c": 0.12099,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59028

secondary

#6776C2

accent

#5FE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59028

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →