#A59043#A59043

#A59043 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.100 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59043
RGB	rgb(165, 144, 67)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 59.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, -1.81, 43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 43.08, 92.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% -0.0074 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.1 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5045, 28.3524, 9.3856)
Luminance	0.2835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59043 #4358A5

analogous

#A55F43 #A59043 #89A543

triadic

#A59043 #43A590 #9043A5

tetradic

#A59043 #43A55F #4358A5 #A54389

square

#A59043 #43A55F #4358A5 #A54389

split-complementary

#A59043 #4389A5 #5F43A5

monochromatic

#4E4420 #796A31 #A59043 #C0AD65 #D2C490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#A59043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#A59043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59043

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59043	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 144, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.100 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b07a',
    500: '#a59043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59043;
$custom-light: #c2b07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65637,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59043

secondary

#8692BD

accent

#70D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59043

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

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