#A59040#A59040

#A59040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.103 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59040
RGB	rgb(165, 144, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, -2.04, 44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 44.51, 92.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% -0.0084 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.103 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4169, 28.3173, 8.9238)
Luminance	0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59040 #4055A5

analogous

#A55E40 #A59040 #87A540

triadic

#A59040 #40A590 #9040A5

tetradic

#A59040 #40A55E #4055A5 #A54087

square

#A59040 #40A55E #4055A5 #A54087

split-complementary

#A59040 #4087A5 #5E40A5

monochromatic

#4D431E #796A2F #A59040 #C2AD61 #D3C48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#A59040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#A59040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59040

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59040	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 144, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.103 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b078',
    500: '#a59040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59040;
$custom-light: #c2b078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.525,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65602,
    "c": 0.10295,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59040

secondary

#838FBE

accent

#6FD454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59040

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

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