#A59E28#A59E28

#A59E28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.133 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59E28
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 40)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 75.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, -10.95, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 59.25, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% -0.0364 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.133 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1281, 32.6073, 6.8193)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59E28 #282FA5

analogous

#A55F28 #A59E28 #6DA528

triadic

#A59E28 #28A59E #9E28A5

tetradic

#A59E28 #28A55F #282FA5 #A5286D

square

#A59E28 #28A55F #282FA5 #A5286D

split-complementary

#A59E28 #286DA5 #5F28A5

monochromatic

#424010 #746F1C #A59E28 #CFC73B #DBD56C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A59E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#A59E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59E28

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59E28	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)

#AC980E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.133 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ba6c',
    500: '#a59e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59e28;
$custom-light: #c3ba6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.64,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68454,
    "c": 0.13284,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59E28

secondary

#676CC2

accent

#4DE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59E28

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

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