#A59927#A59927

#A59927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.129 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59927
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 39)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 76.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, -8.34, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 57.89, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.0292 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.129 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2757, 30.9295, 6.4523)
Luminance	0.3093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59927 #2733A5

analogous

#A55A27 #A59927 #72A527

triadic

#A59927 #27A599 #9927A5

tetradic

#A59927 #27A55A #2733A5 #A52772

square

#A59927 #27A55A #2733A5 #A52772

split-complementary

#A59927 #2772A5 #5A27A5

monochromatic

#423D10 #746B1B #A59927 #D0C239 #DCD16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A59927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#A59927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59927

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59927	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7940E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.129 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b66a',
    500: '#a59927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59927;
$custom-light: #c3b66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67343,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59927

secondary

#666EC2

accent

#52E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59927

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →