#A59421#A59421

#A59421 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59421
RGB	rgb(165, 148, 33)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 80%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, -5.90, 57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 58.29, 95.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% -0.0229 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3828, 29.2902, 5.7025)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59421 #2132A5

analogous

#A55221 #A59421 #74A521

triadic

#A59421 #21A594 #9421A5

tetradic

#A59421 #21A552 #2132A5 #A52174

square

#A59421 #21A552 #2132A5 #A52174

split-complementary

#A59421 #2174A5 #5221A5

monochromatic

#3F390D #726617 #A59421 #D5C02E #DFCF61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#A59421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#A59421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59421

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59421	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)

#A39001

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 148, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b367',
    500: '#a59421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59421;
$custom-light: #c4b367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.273,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66212,
    "c": 0.12791,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59421

secondary

#5E6BC4

accent

#54EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59421

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

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