#A59921#A59921

#A59921 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.132 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59921
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 80%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.42, -8.58, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.42, 59.84, 98.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.0304 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.132 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1841, 30.8928, 5.9696)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59921 #212DA5

analogous

#A55721 #A59921 #6FA521

triadic

#A59921 #21A599 #9921A5

tetradic

#A59921 #21A557 #212DA5 #A5216F

square

#A59921 #21A557 #212DA5 #A5216F

split-complementary

#A59921 #216FA5 #5721A5

monochromatic

#3F3A0D #726A17 #A59921 #D5C62E #DFD461

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A59921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#A59921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59921

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59921	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)

#AB992B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.132 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b668',
    500: '#a59921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59921;
$custom-light: #c4b668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67308,
    "c": 0.13204,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59921

secondary

#5E67C4

accent

#4EEA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59921

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

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