#A59D29#A59D29

#A59D29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.131 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59D29
RGB	rgb(165, 157, 41)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 75.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -10.37, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 58.56, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% -0.0347 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.131 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9754, 32.2744, 6.8534)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59D29 #2931A5

analogous

#A55F29 #A59D29 #6FA529

triadic

#A59D29 #29A59D #9D29A5

tetradic

#A59D29 #29A55F #2931A5 #A5296F

square

#A59D29 #29A55F #2931A5 #A5296F

split-complementary

#A59D29 #296FA5 #5F29A5

monochromatic

#434011 #746E1D #A59D29 #CFC53D #DBD46E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A59D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#A59D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59D29

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59D29	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)

#AB9711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 157, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.131 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b96c',
    500: '#a59d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59d29;
$custom-light: #c3b96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68239,
    "c": 0.13133,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59D29

secondary

#686EC2

accent

#4FE344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59D29

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

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