#A59B20#A59B20

#A59B20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.134 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59B20
RGB	rgb(165, 155, 32)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 80.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, -9.67, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 60.79, 99.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% -0.0336 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.134 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5004, 31.5474, 6.0069)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59B20 #202AA5

analogous

#A55820 #A59B20 #6CA520

triadic

#A59B20 #20A59B #9B20A5

tetradic

#A59B20 #20A558 #202AA5 #A5206C

square

#A59B20 #20A558 #202AA5 #A5206C

split-complementary

#A59B20 #206CA5 #5820A5

monochromatic

#3E3B0C #726B16 #A59B20 #D6C92C #E0D65F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A59B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#A59B20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59B20

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59B20	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 155, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.134 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b868',
    500: '#a59b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59b20;
$custom-light: #c4b868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67745,
    "c": 0.13426,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59B20

secondary

#5C64C5

accent

#4AEA3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59B20

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

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