#A59F28#A59F28

#A59F28 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	#A59F28
RGB	rgb(165, 159, 40)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 75.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, -11.47, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 59.61, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% -0.0379 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.134 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2994, 32.9498, 6.8763)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59F28 #282EA5

analogous

#A56028 #A59F28 #6CA528

triadic

#A59F28 #28A59F #9F28A5

tetradic

#A59F28 #28A560 #282EA5 #A5286C

square

#A59F28 #28A560 #282EA5 #A5286C

split-complementary

#A59F28 #286CA5 #6028A5

monochromatic

#424010 #74701C #A59F28 #CFC83B #DBD66C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A59F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#A59F28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59F28

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59F28	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)

#AD990D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 159, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.134 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bb6c',
    500: '#a59f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59f28;
$custom-light: #c3bb6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68676,
    "c": 0.13378,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59F28

secondary

#676BC2

accent

#4BE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59F28

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

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