#A59527#A59527

#A59527 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59527
RGB	rgb(165, 149, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 76.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, -6.20, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 56.59, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% -0.0232 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6320, 29.6420, 6.2377)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59527 #2737A5

analogous

#A55627 #A59527 #76A527

triadic

#A59527 #27A595 #9527A5

tetradic

#A59527 #27A556 #2737A5 #A52776

square

#A59527 #27A556 #2737A5 #A52776

split-complementary

#A59527 #2776A5 #5627A5

monochromatic

#423C10 #74681B #A59527 #D0BD39 #DCCE6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A59527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#A59527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59527

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59527	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)

#A49111

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 149, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b36a',
    500: '#a59527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59527;
$custom-light: #c3b36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66466,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59527

secondary

#6671C2

accent

#58E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59527

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

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