#A59F22#A59F22

#A59F22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.137 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59F22
RGB	rgb(165, 159, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, -11.71, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 61.53, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.0391 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.137 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2051, 32.9121, 6.3800)
Luminance	0.3291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59F22 #2228A5

analogous

#A55E22 #A59F22 #6AA522

triadic

#A59F22 #22A59F #9F22A5

tetradic

#A59F22 #22A55E #2228A5 #A5226A

square

#A59F22 #22A55E #2228A5 #A5226A

split-complementary

#A59F22 #226AA5 #5E22A5

monochromatic

#403D0D #726E18 #A59F22 #D4CD30 #DFD963

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A59F22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#A59F22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59F22

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59F22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59F22	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59f22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 159, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.137 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bb69',
    500: '#a59f22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59f22;
$custom-light: #c4bb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59f22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68642,
    "c": 0.13692,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59F22

secondary

#5F64C4

accent

#47E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59F22

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

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