#A59E22#A59E22

#A59E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.136 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59E22
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, -11.19, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 61.19, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0377 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.136 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0338, 32.5696, 6.3229)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59E22 #2229A5

analogous

#A55D22 #A59E22 #6BA522

triadic

#A59E22 #22A59E #9E22A5

tetradic

#A59E22 #22A55D #2229A5 #A5226B

square

#A59E22 #22A55D #2229A5 #A5226B

split-complementary

#A59E22 #226BA5 #5D22A5

monochromatic

#403D0D #726D18 #A59E22 #D4CC30 #DFD863

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A59E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A59E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59E22

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59E22	1.00	2.79	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.136 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ba69',
    500: '#a59e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59e22;
$custom-light: #c4ba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6842,
    "c": 0.13601,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59E22

secondary

#5F64C4

accent

#48E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59E22

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

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