#A59031#A59031

#A59031 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.115 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59031
RGB	rgb(165, 144, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 70.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, -3.00, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 51.19, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% -0.013 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.115 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0460, 28.1689, 6.9704)
Luminance	0.2817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59031 #3146A5

analogous

#A55631 #A59031 #80A531

triadic

#A59031 #31A590 #9031A5

tetradic

#A59031 #31A556 #3146A5 #A53180

square

#A59031 #31A556 #3146A5 #A53180

split-complementary

#A59031 #3180A5 #5631A5

monochromatic

#473E15 #766723 #A59031 #C9B24A #D7C679

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A59031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#A59031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59031

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59031	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 144, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.115 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b06f',
    500: '#a59031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59031;
$custom-light: #c3b06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.138,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65454,
    "c": 0.11506,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59031

secondary

#7280C0

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59031

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

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