#A59727#A59727

#A59727 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.127 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59727
RGB	rgb(165, 151, 39)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 76.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, -7.27, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 57.23, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% -0.0262 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.127 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9511, 30.2802, 6.3441)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59727 #2735A5

analogous

#A55827 #A59727 #74A527

triadic

#A59727 #27A597 #9727A5

tetradic

#A59727 #27A558 #2735A5 #A52774

square

#A59727 #27A558 #2735A5 #A52774

split-complementary

#A59727 #2774A5 #5827A5

monochromatic

#423C10 #746A1B #A59727 #D0BF39 #DCCF6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#A59727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#A59727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59727

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59727	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69210

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 151, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.127 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b56a',
    500: '#a59727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59727;
$custom-light: #c3b56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66904,
    "c": 0.12715,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59727

secondary

#6670C2

accent

#55E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59727

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

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