#A59121#A59121

#A59121 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.126 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59121
RGB	rgb(165, 145, 33)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 80%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, -4.27, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 57.42, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% -0.0183 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.126 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9183, 28.3613, 5.5476)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59121 #2135A5

analogous

#A54F21 #A59121 #77A521

triadic

#A59121 #21A591 #9121A5

tetradic

#A59121 #21A54F #2135A5 #A52177

square

#A59121 #21A54F #2135A5 #A52177

split-complementary

#A59121 #2177A5 #4F21A5

monochromatic

#3F370D #726417 #A59121 #D5BC2E #DFCC61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#A59121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#A59121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59121

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59121	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 145, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.126 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b067',
    500: '#a59121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59121;
$custom-light: #c4b067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65559,
    "c": 0.1256,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59121

secondary

#5E6DC4

accent

#58EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59121

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

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