#A59529#A59529

#A59529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.124 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59529
RGB	rgb(165, 149, 41)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 75.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, -6.11, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 55.88, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% -0.0227 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6660, 29.6556, 6.4169)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59529 #2939A5

analogous

#A55729 #A59529 #77A529

triadic

#A59529 #29A595 #9529A5

tetradic

#A59529 #29A557 #2939A5 #A52977

square

#A59529 #29A557 #2939A5 #A52977

split-complementary

#A59529 #2977A5 #5729A5

monochromatic

#433C11 #74691D #A59529 #CFBC3D #DBCD6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A59529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#A59529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59529

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59529	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)

#A49115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 149, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b36b',
    500: '#a59529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59529;
$custom-light: #c3b36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66479,
    "c": 0.1243,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59529

secondary

#6874C2

accent

#59E344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59529

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

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