#A59521#A59521

#A59521 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59521
RGB	rgb(165, 149, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 80%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, -6.43, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 58.59, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.0244 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5403, 29.6053, 5.7550)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59521 #2131A5

analogous

#A55321 #A59521 #73A521

triadic

#A59521 #21A595 #9521A5

tetradic

#A59521 #21A553 #2131A5 #A52173

square

#A59521 #21A553 #2131A5 #A52173

split-complementary

#A59521 #2173A5 #5321A5

monochromatic

#3F390D #726717 #A59521 #D5C12E #DFD061

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A59521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#A59521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59521

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59521	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)

#A8972A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 149, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b367',
    500: '#a59521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59521;
$custom-light: #c4b367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6643,
    "c": 0.12871,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59521

secondary

#5E6AC4

accent

#53EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59521

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

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