#A59E26#A59E26

#A59E26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.134 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59E26
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 38)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 77%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, -11.03, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 59.92, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% -0.0369 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.134 106)
XYZ	xyz(28.0949, 32.5941, 6.6447)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59E26 #262DA5

analogous

#A55F26 #A59E26 #6DA526

triadic

#A59E26 #26A59E #9E26A5

tetradic

#A59E26 #26A55F #262DA5 #A5266D

square

#A59E26 #26A55F #262DA5 #A5266D

split-complementary

#A59E26 #266DA5 #5F26A5

monochromatic

#423F0F #736E1B #A59E26 #D1C937 #DCD669

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A59E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#A59E26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59E26

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59E26	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.134 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ba6b',
    500: '#a59e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59e26;
$custom-light: #c3ba6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68442,
    "c": 0.13394,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.32593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59E26

secondary

#6469C3

accent

#4BE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59E26

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

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