#A59C20#A59C20

#A59C20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.135 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59C20
RGB	rgb(165, 156, 32)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 80.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -10.20, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 61.12, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% -0.0351 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.135 105)
XYZ	xyz(27.6675, 31.8817, 6.0626)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59C20 #2029A5

analogous

#A55920 #A59C20 #6BA520

triadic

#A59C20 #20A59C #9C20A5

tetradic

#A59C20 #20A559 #2029A5 #A5206B

square

#A59C20 #20A559 #2029A5 #A5206B

split-complementary

#A59C20 #206BA5 #5920A5

monochromatic

#3E3B0C #726C16 #A59C20 #D6CB2C #E0D75F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A59C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#A59C20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59C20

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59C20	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 156, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.135 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b868',
    500: '#a59c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59c20;
$custom-light: #c4b868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67966,
    "c": 0.13515,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.31881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59C20

secondary

#5C63C5

accent

#49EA3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59C20

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

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