#A59C23#A59C23

#A59C23 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	#A59C23
RGB	rgb(165, 156, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, -10.09, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 60.20, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0345 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.134 105)
XYZ	xyz(27.7101, 31.8987, 6.2872)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59C23 #232CA5

analogous

#A55B23 #A59C23 #6DA523

triadic

#A59C23 #23A59C #9C23A5

tetradic

#A59C23 #23A55B #232CA5 #A5236D

square

#A59C23 #23A55B #232CA5 #A5236D

split-complementary

#A59C23 #236DA5 #5B23A5

monochromatic

#403D0E #736C18 #A59C23 #D3C832 #DED664

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A59C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#A59C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59C23

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59C23	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)

#AA9601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 156, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.134 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b869',
    500: '#a59c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59c23;
$custom-light: #c3b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67982,
    "c": 0.13368,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.31898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59C23

secondary

#6067C4

accent

#4BE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59C23

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

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