#A59A28#A59A28

#A59A28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.129 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59A28
RGB	rgb(165, 154, 40)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 75.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -8.83, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 57.87, 98.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% -0.0305 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.129 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4569, 31.2649, 6.5955)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59A28 #2833A5

analogous

#A55B28 #A59A28 #71A528

triadic

#A59A28 #28A59A #9A28A5

tetradic

#A59A28 #28A55B #2833A5 #A52871

square

#A59A28 #28A55B #2833A5 #A52871

split-complementary

#A59A28 #2871A5 #5B28A5

monochromatic

#423E10 #746C1C #A59A28 #CFC23B #DBD26C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A59A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A59A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59A28

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59A28	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)

#A89510

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 154, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.129 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b76b',
    500: '#a59a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59a28;
$custom-light: #c3b76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67569,
    "c": 0.12918,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59A28

secondary

#676FC2

accent

#52E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59A28

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

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