#A59A25#A59A25

#A59A25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.131 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59A25
RGB	rgb(165, 154, 37)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 77.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -8.95, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 58.89, 98.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0311 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.131 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4078, 31.2453, 6.3372)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59A25 #2530A5

analogous

#A55A25 #A59A25 #70A525

triadic

#A59A25 #25A59A #9A25A5

tetradic

#A59A25 #25A55A #2530A5 #A52570

square

#A59A25 #25A55A #2530A5 #A52570

split-complementary

#A59A25 #2570A5 #5A25A5

monochromatic

#413D0F #736B1A #A59A25 #D2C435 #DDD367

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A59A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A59A25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59A25

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59A25	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)

#A89508

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 154, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.131 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b76a',
    500: '#a59a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59a25;
$custom-light: #c3b76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.844,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67551,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59A25

secondary

#636BC3

accent

#50E641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59A25

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

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