#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
RGBrgb(165, 149, 33)
HSLhsl(53, 67%, 39%)
HSVhsv(53, 80%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.7%, 80%, 35.3%)
CIE-LABlab(61.31, -6.43, 58.24)
CIE-LCHlch(61.31, 58.59, 96.30°)
OKLaboklab(66.43% -0.0244 0.1264)
OKLCHoklch(66.43% 0.129 100.9)
XYZxyz(26.5403, 29.6053, 5.7550)
Luminance0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##A595211.003.036.926.92
#FFFFFF3.031.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9221.001.001.00
##0000006.9221.001.001.00

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

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#A59521 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva