#A59A23#A59A23

#A59A23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.132 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59A23
RGB	rgb(165, 154, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -9.03, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 59.54, 98.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0315 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.132 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3773, 31.2330, 6.1763)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59A23 #232EA5

analogous

#A55923 #A59A23 #6FA523

triadic

#A59A23 #23A59A #9A23A5

tetradic

#A59A23 #23A559 #232EA5 #A5236F

square

#A59A23 #23A559 #232EA5 #A5236F

split-complementary

#A59A23 #236FA5 #5923A5

monochromatic

#403C0E #736B18 #A59A23 #D3C632 #DED464

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A59A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A59A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59A23

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59A23	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 154, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.132 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b769',
    500: '#a59a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59a23;
$custom-light: #c4b769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.923,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6754,
    "c": 0.1319,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59A23

secondary

#6069C4

accent

#4EE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59A23

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

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