#A59623#A59623
#A59623 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.129 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A59623 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(165, 150, 35) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 65%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 79%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 78.8%, 35.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(61.60, -6.90, 57.85) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(61.60, 58.26, 96.80°) |
| OKLab | oklab(66.66% -0.0255 0.1259) |
| OKLCH | oklch(66.66% 0.129 101.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.7281, 29.9346, 5.9599) |
| Luminance | 0.2993 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 4.01
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.06
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 4.42
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 5.41
Dark Mustard
#A88905
ΔE00 5.92
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 5.93
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A59623 #2332A5
analogous
#A55523 #A59623 #73A523
triadic
#A59623 #23A596 #9623A5
tetradic
#A59623 #23A555 #2332A5 #A52373
square
#A59623 #23A555 #2332A5 #A52373
split-complementary
#A59623 #2373A5 #5523A5
monochromatic
#403A0E #736818 #A59623 #D3C132 #DED064
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.01
#A59623 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.99
#A59623 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A59623
6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A59623 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A59623 | 1.00 | 3.01 | 6.99 | 6.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.01 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A59105
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A9972C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B28B81
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a59623; /* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 35); /* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.129 101.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c4b468',
500: '#a59623',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a59623; $custom-light: #c4b468; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a59623",
"rgb": {
"r": 165,
"g": 150,
"b": 35
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.077,
"s": 65,
"l": 39.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.6666,
"c": 0.1285,
"h": 101.5
},
"luminance": 0.29933
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A59623
secondary
#606CC4
accent
#53E840
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EB
border
#D1D0C6
text
#131107
muted
#82807A