#A59B29#A59B29

#A59B29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.130 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59B29
RGB	rgb(165, 155, 41)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 75.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -9.32, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 57.86, 99.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.0318 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.13 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6398, 31.6032, 6.7415)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59B29 #2933A5

analogous

#A55D29 #A59B29 #71A529

triadic

#A59B29 #29A59B #9B29A5

tetradic

#A59B29 #29A55D #2933A5 #A52971

square

#A59B29 #29A55D #2933A5 #A52971

split-complementary

#A59B29 #2971A5 #5D29A5

monochromatic

#433F11 #746D1D #A59B29 #CFC33D #DBD26E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A59B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#A59B29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59B29

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59B29	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)

#A99612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 155, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.130 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b86c',
    500: '#a59b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59b29;
$custom-light: #c3b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67796,
    "c": 0.1295,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59B29

secondary

#686FC2

accent

#51E344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59B29

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

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