#A59A29#A59A29

#A59A29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.129 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59A29
RGB	rgb(165, 154, 41)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 75.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, -8.78, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 57.52, 98.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.0303 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.129 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4741, 31.2718, 6.6863)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59A29 #2934A5

analogous

#A55C29 #A59A29 #72A529

triadic

#A59A29 #29A59A #9A29A5

tetradic

#A59A29 #29A55C #2934A5 #A52972

square

#A59A29 #29A55C #2934A5 #A52972

split-complementary

#A59A29 #2972A5 #5C29A5

monochromatic

#433E11 #746C1D #A59A29 #CFC23D #DBD16E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A59A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A59A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59A29

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59A29	1.00	2.89	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.89	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)

#A89513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 154, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.129 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b76c',
    500: '#a59a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59a29;
$custom-light: #c3b76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.677,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67576,
    "c": 0.1286,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59A29

secondary

#6870C2

accent

#53E344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59A29

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

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