#A59F27#A59F27

#A59F27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.134 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59F27
RGB	rgb(165, 159, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 76.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -11.51, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 59.94, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% -0.0381 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.134 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2826, 32.9431, 6.7879)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59F27 #272DA5

analogous

#A56027 #A59F27 #6CA527

triadic

#A59F27 #27A59F #9F27A5

tetradic

#A59F27 #27A560 #272DA5 #A5276C

square

#A59F27 #27A560 #272DA5 #A5276C

split-complementary

#A59F27 #276CA5 #6027A5

monochromatic

#424010 #746F1B #A59F27 #D0C939 #DCD76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A59F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#A59F27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59F27

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59F27	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)

#AD990B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 159, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.134 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bb6b',
    500: '#a59f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59f27;
$custom-light: #c3bb6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6867,
    "c": 0.13434,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59F27

secondary

#666AC2

accent

#4BE543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59F27

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

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