#A59220#A59220

#A59220 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.127 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59220
RGB	rgb(165, 146, 32)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 80.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, -4.85, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 58.02, 94.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.02 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0580, 28.6627, 5.5261)
Luminance	0.2866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59220 #2033A5

analogous

#A54F20 #A59220 #75A520

triadic

#A59220 #20A592 #9220A5

tetradic

#A59220 #20A54F #2033A5 #A52075

square

#A59220 #20A54F #2033A5 #A52075

split-complementary

#A59220 #2075A5 #4F20A5

monochromatic

#3E370C #726516 #A59220 #D6BE2C #E0CE5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A59220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#A59220 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59220

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59220	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 146, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b166',
    500: '#a59220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59220;
$custom-light: #c4b166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65771,
    "c": 0.12685,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59220

secondary

#5C6BC5

accent

#56EA3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59220

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

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