#A59F26#A59F26
#A59F26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.135 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A59F26 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(165, 159, 38) |
| HSL | hsl(57, 63%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(57, 77%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 77%, 35.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.11, -11.56, 59.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.11, 60.27, 101.05°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.66% -0.0383 0.1293) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.66% 0.135 106.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.2662, 32.9366, 6.7018) |
| Luminance | 0.3294 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.62
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.98
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.40
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.02
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 5.96
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 6.37
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A59F26 #262CA5
analogous
#A55F26 #A59F26 #6CA526
triadic
#A59F26 #26A59F #9F26A5
tetradic
#A59F26 #26A55F #262CA5 #A5266C
square
#A59F26 #26A55F #262CA5 #A5266C
split-complementary
#A59F26 #266CA5 #5F26A5
monochromatic
#423F0F #736F1B #A59F26 #D1CA37 #DCD769
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.77
#A59F26 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.59
#A59F26 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A59F26
7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A59F26 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A59F26 | 1.00 | 2.77 | 7.59 | 7.59 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.77 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.59 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.59 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AD9907
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09D30
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B19488
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a59f26; /* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 159, 38); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.135 106.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c3bb6b',
500: '#a59f26',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a59f26; $custom-light: #c3bb6b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a59f26",
"rgb": {
"r": 165,
"g": 159,
"b": 38
},
"hsl": {
"h": 57.165,
"s": 62.562,
"l": 39.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68664,
"c": 0.13487,
"h": 106.5
},
"luminance": 0.32936
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A59F26
secondary
#6469C3
accent
#4AE642
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131107
muted
#82807A