#A59C25#A59C25

#A59C25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.133 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59C25
RGB	rgb(165, 156, 37)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 77.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -10.02, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 59.56, 99.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% -0.0341 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.133 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7407, 31.9109, 6.4481)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59C25 #252EA5

analogous

#A55C25 #A59C25 #6EA525

triadic

#A59C25 #25A59C #9C25A5

tetradic

#A59C25 #25A55C #252EA5 #A5256E

square

#A59C25 #25A55C #252EA5 #A5256E

split-complementary

#A59C25 #256EA5 #5C25A5

monochromatic

#413D0F #736D1A #A59C25 #D2C735 #DDD567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A59C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#A59C25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59C25

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59C25	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	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)

#AA9607

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 156, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.133 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b86a',
    500: '#a59c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59c25;
$custom-light: #c3b86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67993,
    "c": 0.13264,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59C25

secondary

#636AC3

accent

#4DE641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59C25

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

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