#A59420#A59420

#A59420 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.128 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59420
RGB	rgb(165, 148, 32)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 80.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, -5.93, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 58.61, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% -0.0231 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.128 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3690, 29.2847, 5.6298)
Luminance	0.2928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59420 #2031A5

analogous

#A55120 #A59420 #73A520

triadic

#A59420 #20A594 #9420A5

tetradic

#A59420 #20A551 #2031A5 #A52073

square

#A59420 #20A551 #2031A5 #A52073

split-complementary

#A59420 #2073A5 #5120A5

monochromatic

#3E380C #726616 #A59420 #D6C02C #E0D05F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#A59420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#A59420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59420

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59420	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 148, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.128 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b367',
    500: '#a59420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59420;
$custom-light: #c4b367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.331,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66206,
    "c": 0.1284,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59420

secondary

#5C69C5

accent

#54EA3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59420

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

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