#A59E29#A59E29

#A59E29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.132 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59E29
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 41)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 75.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, -10.90, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 58.91, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0362 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.132 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1453, 32.6142, 6.9100)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59E29 #2930A5

analogous

#A56029 #A59E29 #6EA529

triadic

#A59E29 #29A59E #9E29A5

tetradic

#A59E29 #29A560 #2930A5 #A5296E

square

#A59E29 #29A560 #2930A5 #A5296E

split-complementary

#A59E29 #296EA5 #6029A5

monochromatic

#434011 #746F1D #A59E29 #CFC63D #DBD56E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A59E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#A59E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59E29

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59E29	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)

#AC9811

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.132 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ba6c',
    500: '#a59e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59e29;
$custom-light: #c3ba6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.613,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6846,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59E29

secondary

#686DC2

accent

#4DE344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59E29

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

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