#A59525#A59525

#A59525 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.127 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59525
RGB	rgb(165, 149, 37)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 77.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, -6.28, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 57.28, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% -0.0236 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.127 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5997, 29.6291, 6.0678)
Luminance	0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59525 #2535A5

analogous

#A55525 #A59525 #75A525

triadic

#A59525 #25A595 #9525A5

tetradic

#A59525 #25A555 #2535A5 #A52575

square

#A59525 #25A555 #2535A5 #A52575

split-complementary

#A59525 #2575A5 #5525A5

monochromatic

#413B0F #73681A #A59525 #D2BE35 #DDCE67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A59525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#A59525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59525

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59525	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4910C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 149, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.127 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b369',
    500: '#a59525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59525;
$custom-light: #c4b369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66453,
    "c": 0.12661,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59525

secondary

#636FC3

accent

#56E641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59525

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

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