#A59F24#A59F24
#A59F24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.136 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A59F24 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(165, 159, 36) |
| HSL | hsl(57, 64%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(57, 78%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 78.2%, 35.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.10, -11.64, 59.79) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.10, 60.91, 101.01°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.65% -0.0387 0.1303) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.65% 0.136 106.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.2348, 32.9240, 6.5364) |
| Luminance | 0.3292 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.55
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.86
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.37
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.00
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 5.95
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 6.32
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A59F24 #242AA5
analogous
#A55E24 #A59F24 #6BA524
triadic
#A59F24 #24A59F #9F24A5
tetradic
#A59F24 #24A55E #242AA5 #A5246B
square
#A59F24 #24A55E #242AA5 #A5246B
split-complementary
#A59F24 #246BA5 #5E24A5
monochromatic
#413E0E #736F19 #A59F24 #D3CB34 #DED866
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.77
#A59F24 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.58
#A59F24 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A59F24
7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A59F24 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A59F24 | 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)
#AD9901
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09D2E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B29488
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a59f24; /* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 159, 36); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.136 106.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c3bb6a',
500: '#a59f24',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a59f24; $custom-light: #c3bb6a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a59f24",
"rgb": {
"r": 165,
"g": 159,
"b": 36
},
"hsl": {
"h": 57.209,
"s": 64.179,
"l": 39.412
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68653,
"c": 0.13592,
"h": 106.6
},
"luminance": 0.32923
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A59F24
secondary
#6266C3
accent
#48E741
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131107
muted
#82807A