#A59C29#A59C29

#A59C29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.130 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59C29
RGB	rgb(165, 156, 41)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 75.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, -9.85, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 58.21, 99.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% -0.0333 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.13 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8069, 31.9375, 6.7972)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59C29 #2932A5

analogous

#A55E29 #A59C29 #70A529

triadic

#A59C29 #29A59C #9C29A5

tetradic

#A59C29 #29A55E #2932A5 #A52970

square

#A59C29 #29A55E #2932A5 #A52970

split-complementary

#A59C29 #2970A5 #5E29A5

monochromatic

#433F11 #746E1D #A59C29 #CFC43D #DBD36E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A59C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#A59C29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59C29

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59C29	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)

#AA9612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 156, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.130 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b86c',
    500: '#a59c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59c29;
$custom-light: #c3b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.645,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68017,
    "c": 0.1304,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59C29

secondary

#686FC2

accent

#50E344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59C29

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

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