#A59922#A59922

#A59922 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#A59922
RGBrgb(165, 153, 34)
HSLhsl(55, 66%, 39%)
HSVhsv(55, 79%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.3%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.42, -8.54, 58.92)
CIE-LCHlch(62.42, 59.53, 98.25°)
OKLaboklab(67.31% -0.0302 0.128)
OKLCHoklch(67.31% 0.132 103.3)
XYZxyz(27.1983, 30.8985, 6.0444)
Luminance0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A59922 #222EA5
analogous
#A55822 #A59922 #70A522
triadic
#A59922 #22A599 #9922A5
tetradic
#A59922 #22A558 #222EA5 #A52270
square
#A59922 #22A558 #222EA5 #A52270
split-complementary
#A59922 #2270A5 #5822A5
monochromatic
#403B0D #726A18 #A59922 #D4C530 #DFD363

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93
#A59922 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18
#A59922 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59922
7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A59922#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A599221.002.937.187.18
#FFFFFF2.931.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1821.001.001.00
##0000007.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A89400
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AB992C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B28E83
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a59922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.132 103.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b668',
    500: '#a59922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a59922;
$custom-light: #c4b668;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a59922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67314,
    "c": 0.13154,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A59922
secondary
#5F68C4
accent
#4FE93F
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EB
border
#D1D0C6
text
#131107
muted
#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59922

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#A59922 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva