#A39231#A39231

#A39231 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.117 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A39231
RGB	rgb(163, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 69.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -4.98, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 51.64, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% -0.0185 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.117 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9387, 28.5673, 7.0529)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A39231 #3142A3

analogous

#A35931 #A39231 #7BA331

triadic

#A39231 #31A392 #9231A3

tetradic

#A39231 #31A359 #3142A3 #A3317B

square

#A39231 #31A359 #3142A3 #A3317B

split-complementary

#A39231 #317BA3 #5931A3

monochromatic

#453E15 #746823 #A39231 #C8B549 #D6C878

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#A39231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#A39231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A39231

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A39231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A39231	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a39231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.117 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b16f',
    500: '#a39231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a39231;
$custom-light: #c2b16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a39231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.053,
    "s": 53.774,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65692,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A39231

secondary

#717DBF

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A39231

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

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