#A59C22#A59C22

#A59C22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.134 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59C22
RGB	rgb(165, 156, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, -10.13, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 60.51, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0347 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.134 105)
XYZ	xyz(27.6955, 31.8929, 6.2102)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59C22 #222BA5

analogous

#A55B22 #A59C22 #6DA522

triadic

#A59C22 #22A59C #9C22A5

tetradic

#A59C22 #22A55B #222BA5 #A5226D

square

#A59C22 #22A55B #222BA5 #A5226D

split-complementary

#A59C22 #226DA5 #5B22A5

monochromatic

#403C0D #726C18 #A59C22 #D4C930 #DFD663

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A59C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#A59C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59C22

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59C22	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)

#AE9B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 156, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.134 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b869',
    500: '#a59c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59c22;
$custom-light: #c4b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67976,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.31892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59C22

secondary

#5F66C4

accent

#4BE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59C22

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

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