#A59B26#A59B26

#A59B26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.131 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59B26
RGB	rgb(165, 155, 38)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 77%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -9.44, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 58.89, 99.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.0324 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.131 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5895, 31.5831, 6.4762)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59B26 #2630A5

analogous

#A55C26 #A59B26 #6FA526

triadic

#A59B26 #26A59B #9B26A5

tetradic

#A59B26 #26A55C #2630A5 #A5266F

square

#A59B26 #26A55C #2630A5 #A5266F

split-complementary

#A59B26 #266FA5 #5C26A5

monochromatic

#423E0F #736C1B #A59B26 #D1C537 #DCD369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A59B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#A59B26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59B26

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59B26	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)

#A9950A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 155, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.131 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b86a',
    500: '#a59b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59b26;
$custom-light: #c3b86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67778,
    "c": 0.1312,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59B26

secondary

#646CC3

accent

#4FE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59B26

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

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