#A59B25#A59B25

#A59B25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.132 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59B25
RGB	rgb(165, 155, 37)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 77.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -9.49, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 59.23, 99.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0326 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.132 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5735, 31.5767, 6.3924)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59B25 #252FA5

analogous

#A55B25 #A59B25 #6FA525

triadic

#A59B25 #25A59B #9B25A5

tetradic

#A59B25 #25A55B #252FA5 #A5256F

square

#A59B25 #25A55B #252FA5 #A5256F

split-complementary

#A59B25 #256FA5 #5B25A5

monochromatic

#413D0F #736C1A #A59B25 #D2C635 #DDD467

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A59B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#A59B25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59B25

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59B25	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99507

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 155, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.132 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b86a',
    500: '#a59b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59b25;
$custom-light: #c3b86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.312,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67772,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59B25

secondary

#636AC3

accent

#4EE641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59B25

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

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