#A59920#A59920

#A59920 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.133 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59920
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 32)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 80.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, -8.61, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 60.14, 98.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% -0.0306 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.133 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1703, 30.8873, 5.8969)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59920 #202CA5

analogous

#A55620 #A59920 #6EA520

triadic

#A59920 #20A599 #9920A5

tetradic

#A59920 #20A556 #202CA5 #A5206E

square

#A59920 #20A556 #202CA5 #A5206E

split-complementary

#A59920 #206EA5 #5620A5

monochromatic

#3E3A0C #726916 #A59920 #D6C72C #E0D45F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A59920 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#A59920 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59920

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59920	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59920	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59920;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.133 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b667',
    500: '#a59920',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59920;
$custom-light: #c4b667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59920",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67303,
    "c": 0.13252,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59920

secondary

#5C66C5

accent

#4DEA3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59920

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

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