#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
RGBrgb(165, 149, 35)
HSLhsl(53, 65%, 39%)
HSVhsv(53, 79%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.7%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LABlab(61.32, -6.36, 57.60)
CIE-LCHlch(61.32, 57.95, 96.30°)
OKLaboklab(66.44% -0.024 0.1254)
OKLCHoklch(66.44% 0.128 100.8)
XYZxyz(26.5692, 29.6168, 5.9069)
Luminance0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##A595231.003.036.926.92
#FFFFFF3.031.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9221.001.001.00
##0000006.9221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#A59523 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva