#A59523#A59523

#A59523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.128 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59523
RGB	rgb(165, 149, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, -6.36, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 57.95, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% -0.024 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.128 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5692, 29.6168, 5.9069)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59523 #2333A5

analogous

#A55423 #A59523 #74A523

triadic

#A59523 #23A595 #9523A5

tetradic

#A59523 #23A554 #2333A5 #A52374

square

#A59523 #23A554 #2333A5 #A52374

split-complementary

#A59523 #2374A5 #5423A5

monochromatic

#403A0E #736718 #A59523 #D3C032 #DECF64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A59523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#A59523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59523

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59523	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)

#A49106

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 149, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.128 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b368',
    500: '#a59523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59523;
$custom-light: #c4b368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66442,
    "c": 0.12769,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59523

secondary

#606CC4

accent

#55E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59523

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

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