#A59B23#A59B23

#A59B23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.133 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59B23
RGB	rgb(165, 155, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -9.56, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 59.87, 99.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.033 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.133 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5430, 31.5645, 6.2315)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59B23 #232DA5

analogous

#A55A23 #A59B23 #6EA523

triadic

#A59B23 #23A59B #9B23A5

tetradic

#A59B23 #23A55A #232DA5 #A5236E

square

#A59B23 #23A55A #232DA5 #A5236E

split-complementary

#A59B23 #236EA5 #5A23A5

monochromatic

#403C0E #736C18 #A59B23 #D3C732 #DED564

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A59B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#A59B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59B23

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59B23	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)

#A99501

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 155, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.133 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b869',
    500: '#a59b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59b23;
$custom-light: #c4b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6776,
    "c": 0.13279,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59B23

secondary

#6068C4

accent

#4DE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59B23

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

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