#A59D28#A59D28

#A59D28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.132 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59D28
RGB	rgb(165, 157, 40)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 75.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, -10.42, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 58.90, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.035 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.132 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9582, 32.2676, 6.7626)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59D28 #2830A5

analogous

#A55E28 #A59D28 #6EA528

triadic

#A59D28 #28A59D #9D28A5

tetradic

#A59D28 #28A55E #2830A5 #A5286E

square

#A59D28 #28A55E #2830A5 #A5286E

split-complementary

#A59D28 #286EA5 #5E28A5

monochromatic

#423F10 #746E1C #A59D28 #CFC63B #DBD46C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A59D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#A59D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59D28

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59D28	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB970F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 157, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.132 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b96b',
    500: '#a59d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59d28;
$custom-light: #c3b96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.16,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68232,
    "c": 0.13191,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59D28

secondary

#676DC2

accent

#4EE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59D28

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

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