#A59A20#A59A20

#A59A20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.133 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59A20
RGB	rgb(165, 154, 32)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 80.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, -9.14, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 60.46, 98.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.0321 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.133 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3346, 31.2160, 5.9517)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59A20 #202BA5

analogous

#A55720 #A59A20 #6DA520

triadic

#A59A20 #20A59A #9A20A5

tetradic

#A59A20 #20A557 #202BA5 #A5206D

square

#A59A20 #20A557 #202BA5 #A5206D

split-complementary

#A59A20 #206DA5 #5720A5

monochromatic

#3E3A0C #726A16 #A59A20 #D6C82C #E0D55F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A59A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#A59A20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59A20

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59A20	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 154, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.133 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b767',
    500: '#a59a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59a20;
$custom-light: #c4b767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67524,
    "c": 0.13339,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59A20

secondary

#5C65C5

accent

#4CEA3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59A20

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

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