#A59C28#A59C28

#A59C28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.131 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59C28
RGB	rgb(165, 156, 40)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 75.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, -9.89, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 58.56, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0335 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.131 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7897, 31.9306, 6.7065)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59C28 #2831A5

analogous

#A55D28 #A59C28 #6FA528

triadic

#A59C28 #28A59C #9C28A5

tetradic

#A59C28 #28A55D #2831A5 #A5286F

square

#A59C28 #28A55D #2831A5 #A5286F

split-complementary

#A59C28 #286FA5 #5D28A5

monochromatic

#423F10 #746D1C #A59C28 #CFC53B #DBD36C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A59C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#A59C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59C28

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59C28	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA960F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 156, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.131 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b86b',
    500: '#a59c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59c28;
$custom-light: #c3b86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68011,
    "c": 0.13098,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59C28

secondary

#676DC2

accent

#4FE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59C28

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

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