#A59427#A59427

#A59427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.125 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59427
RGB	rgb(165, 148, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 76.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, -5.66, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 56.28, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% -0.0216 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.125 100)
XYZ	xyz(26.4745, 29.3269, 6.1852)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59427 #2738A5

analogous

#A55527 #A59427 #77A527

triadic

#A59427 #27A594 #9427A5

tetradic

#A59427 #27A555 #2738A5 #A52777

square

#A59427 #27A555 #2738A5 #A52777

split-complementary

#A59427 #2777A5 #5527A5

monochromatic

#423B10 #74681B #A59427 #D0BC39 #DCCD6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#A59427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#A59427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59427

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59427	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 148, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.125 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b36a',
    500: '#a59427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59427;
$custom-light: #c3b36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.905,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66248,
    "c": 0.12467,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.29326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59427

secondary

#6672C2

accent

#59E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59427

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

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