#A59621#A59621

#A59621 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.130 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59621
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 80%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, -6.97, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 58.90, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% -0.0259 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.13 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6992, 29.9231, 5.8079)
Luminance	0.2992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59621 #2130A5

analogous

#A55421 #A59621 #72A521

triadic

#A59621 #21A596 #9621A5

tetradic

#A59621 #21A554 #2130A5 #A52172

square

#A59621 #21A554 #2130A5 #A52172

split-complementary

#A59621 #2172A5 #5421A5

monochromatic

#3F390D #726817 #A59621 #D5C22E #DFD161

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A59621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#A59621 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59621

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59621	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.130 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b467',
    500: '#a59621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59621;
$custom-light: #c4b467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66649,
    "c": 0.12952,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59621

secondary

#5E69C4

accent

#52EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59621

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

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