#A59526#A59526

#A59526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.126 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59526
RGB	rgb(165, 149, 38)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 77%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, -6.24, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 56.94, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.0234 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.126 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6156, 29.6354, 6.1516)
Luminance	0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59526 #2636A5

analogous

#A55626 #A59526 #76A526

triadic

#A59526 #26A595 #9526A5

tetradic

#A59526 #26A556 #2636A5 #A52676

square

#A59526 #26A556 #2636A5 #A52676

split-complementary

#A59526 #2676A5 #5626A5

monochromatic

#423B0F #73681B #A59526 #D1BE37 #DCCE69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A59526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#A59526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59526

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59526	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)

#A4910E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 149, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.126 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b36a',
    500: '#a59526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59526;
$custom-light: #c3b36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6646,
    "c": 0.12606,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59526

secondary

#6470C3

accent

#57E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59526

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

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