#A59029#A59029

#A59029 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.120 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59029
RGB	rgb(165, 144, 41)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 75.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, -3.40, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 54.34, 93.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% -0.015 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.12 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8919, 28.1073, 6.1589)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59029 #293EA5

analogous

#A55229 #A59029 #7CA529

triadic

#A59029 #29A590 #9029A5

tetradic

#A59029 #29A552 #293EA5 #A5297C

square

#A59029 #29A552 #293EA5 #A5297C

split-complementary

#A59029 #297CA5 #5229A5

monochromatic

#433A11 #74651D #A59029 #CFB63D #DBC86E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A59029 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#A59029 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59029

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59029	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59029	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)

#9F8D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59029;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 144, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.120 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b06a',
    500: '#a59029',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59029;
$custom-light: #c3b06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59029",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65393,
    "c": 0.12038,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59029

secondary

#6877C2

accent

#5FE344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59029

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

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