#A59A30#A59A30

#A59A30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.124 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59A30
RGB	rgb(165, 154, 48)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 70.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, -8.44, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 54.91, 98.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.0286 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.124 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6073, 31.3251, 7.3879)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59A30 #303BA5

analogous

#A56030 #A59A30 #76A530

triadic

#A59A30 #30A59A #9A30A5

tetradic

#A59A30 #30A560 #303BA5 #A53076

square

#A59A30 #30A560 #303BA5 #A53076

split-complementary

#A59A30 #3076A5 #6030A5

monochromatic

#464214 #766E22 #A59A30 #CABE48 #D8CF78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A59A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#A59A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59A30

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59A30	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 154, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.124 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b76f',
    500: '#a59a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59a30;
$custom-light: #c3b76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.359,
    "s": 54.93,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67626,
    "c": 0.12415,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59A30

secondary

#7178C0

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59A30

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

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