#A59A26#A59A26

#A59A26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.130 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59A26
RGB	rgb(165, 154, 38)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 77%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, -8.91, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 58.56, 98.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% -0.0309 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.13 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4237, 31.2516, 6.4210)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59A26 #2631A5

analogous

#A55A26 #A59A26 #71A526

triadic

#A59A26 #26A59A #9A26A5

tetradic

#A59A26 #26A55A #2631A5 #A52671

square

#A59A26 #26A55A #2631A5 #A52671

split-complementary

#A59A26 #2671A5 #5A26A5

monochromatic

#423D0F #736C1B #A59A26 #D1C437 #DCD269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A59A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A59A26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59A26

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59A26	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)

#A8950B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 154, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.130 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b76a',
    500: '#a59a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59a26;
$custom-light: #c3b76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.803,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67557,
    "c": 0.13031,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59A26

secondary

#646CC3

accent

#50E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59A26

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

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