#A59F29#A59F29
#A59F29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.133 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A59F29 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(165, 159, 41) |
| HSL | hsl(57, 60%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(57, 75%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 75.2%, 35.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.13, -11.43, 58.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.13, 59.27, 101.12°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.68% -0.0377 0.1278) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.68% 0.133 106.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.3166, 32.9567, 6.9671) |
| Luminance | 0.3296 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.76
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.18
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.48
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.07
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 5.98
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 6.45
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A59F29 #292FA5
analogous
#A56129 #A59F29 #6DA529
triadic
#A59F29 #29A59F #9F29A5
tetradic
#A59F29 #29A561 #292FA5 #A5296D
square
#A59F29 #29A561 #292FA5 #A5296D
split-complementary
#A59F29 #296DA5 #6129A5
monochromatic
#434111 #74701D #A59F29 #CFC83D #DBD66E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.77
#A59F29 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.59
#A59F29 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A59F29
7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A59F29 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A59F29 | 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)
#AD9910
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09E32
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B19489
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a59f29; /* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 159, 41); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.133 106.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c3bb6c',
500: '#a59f29',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a59f29; $custom-light: #c3bb6c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a59f29",
"rgb": {
"r": 165,
"g": 159,
"b": 41
},
"hsl": {
"h": 57.097,
"s": 60.194,
"l": 40.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68682,
"c": 0.13321,
"h": 106.4
},
"luminance": 0.32956
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A59F29
secondary
#686DC2
accent
#4CE344
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131107
muted
#82807A