#A59044#A59044

#A59044 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.099 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59044
RGB	rgb(165, 144, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 58.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -1.73, 42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 42.60, 92.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% -0.007 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.099 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5348, 28.3645, 9.5449)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59044 #4459A5

analogous

#A55F44 #A59044 #89A544

triadic

#A59044 #44A590 #9044A5

tetradic

#A59044 #44A55F #4459A5 #A54489

square

#A59044 #44A55F #4459A5 #A54489

split-complementary

#A59044 #4489A5 #5F44A5

monochromatic

#4E4420 #7A6A32 #A59044 #C0AD66 #D2C492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#A59044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#A59044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59044

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59044	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)

#9D8D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 144, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.099 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b07a',
    500: '#a59044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59044;
$custom-light: #c2b07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.01,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65649,
    "c": 0.09929,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59044

secondary

#8793BD

accent

#71D156

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59044

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

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