#A59520#A59520

#A59520 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.129 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59520
RGB	rgb(165, 149, 32)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 80.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, -6.47, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 58.91, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.0246 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.129 101)
XYZ	xyz(26.5265, 29.5998, 5.6823)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59520 #2030A5

analogous

#A55220 #A59520 #72A520

triadic

#A59520 #20A595 #9520A5

tetradic

#A59520 #20A552 #2030A5 #A52072

square

#A59520 #20A552 #2030A5 #A52072

split-complementary

#A59520 #2072A5 #5220A5

monochromatic

#3E380C #726716 #A59520 #D6C22C #E0D15F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A59520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#A59520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59520

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59520	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 149, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.129 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b367',
    500: '#a59520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59520;
$custom-light: #c4b367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66425,
    "c": 0.1292,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.29599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59520

secondary

#5C69C5

accent

#52EA3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59520

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

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