#A59923#A59923

#A59923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.131 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59923
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 35)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, -8.50, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 59.21, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.03 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.131 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2129, 30.9043, 6.1215)
Luminance	0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59923 #232FA5

analogous

#A55823 #A59923 #70A523

triadic

#A59923 #23A599 #9923A5

tetradic

#A59923 #23A558 #232FA5 #A52370

square

#A59923 #23A558 #232FA5 #A52370

split-complementary

#A59923 #2370A5 #5823A5

monochromatic

#403B0E #736A18 #A59923 #D3C532 #DED364

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A59923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#A59923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59923

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59923	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	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)

#A89403

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.131 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b669',
    500: '#a59923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59923;
$custom-light: #c4b669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67319,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59923

secondary

#6069C4

accent

#4FE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59923

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

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