#A59321#A59321

#A59321 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59321
RGB	rgb(165, 147, 33)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 80%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, -5.36, 57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 58.00, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% -0.0214 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2266, 28.9779, 5.6504)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59321 #2133A5

analogous

#A55121 #A59321 #75A521

triadic

#A59321 #21A593 #9321A5

tetradic

#A59321 #21A551 #2133A5 #A52175

square

#A59321 #21A551 #2133A5 #A52175

split-complementary

#A59321 #2175A5 #5121A5

monochromatic

#3F380D #726617 #A59321 #D5BE2E #DFCE61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#A59321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#A59321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59321

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59321	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2887E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 147, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b267',
    500: '#a59321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59321;
$custom-light: #c4b267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65994,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59321

secondary

#5E6CC4

accent

#56EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59321

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

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