#A59226#A59226

#A59226 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.124 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59226
RGB	rgb(165, 146, 38)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 77%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, -4.62, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 56.02, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% -0.0188 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.124 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1471, 28.6984, 5.9954)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59226 #2639A5

analogous

#A55326 #A59226 #78A526

triadic

#A59226 #26A592 #9226A5

tetradic

#A59226 #26A553 #2639A5 #A52678

square

#A59226 #26A553 #2639A5 #A52678

split-complementary

#A59226 #2678A5 #5326A5

monochromatic

#423A0F #73661B #A59226 #D1BA37 #DCCB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A59226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#A59226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59226

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59226	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 146, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.124 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b169',
    500: '#a59226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59226;
$custom-light: #c4b169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65806,
    "c": 0.12368,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59226

secondary

#6472C3

accent

#5BE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59226

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

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