#A59221#A59221

#A59221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.126 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59221
RGB	rgb(165, 146, 33)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 80%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, -4.81, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 57.70, 94.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% -0.0198 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.126 99)
XYZ	xyz(26.0718, 28.6682, 5.5988)
Luminance	0.2867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59221 #2134A5

analogous

#A55021 #A59221 #76A521

triadic

#A59221 #21A592 #9221A5

tetradic

#A59221 #21A550 #2134A5 #A52176

square

#A59221 #21A550 #2134A5 #A52176

split-complementary

#A59221 #2176A5 #5021A5

monochromatic

#3F380D #726517 #A59221 #D5BD2E #DFCD61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A59221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#A59221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59221

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59221	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)

#A18E02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 146, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.126 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b167',
    500: '#a59221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59221;
$custom-light: #c4b167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65776,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.28667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59221

secondary

#5E6CC4

accent

#57EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59221

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

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