#A59137#A59137

#A59137 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.111 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59137
RGB	rgb(165, 145, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, -3.19, 48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 48.94, 93.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.0128 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.111 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3332, 28.5273, 7.7329)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59137 #374BA5

analogous

#A55A37 #A59137 #82A537

triadic

#A59137 #37A591 #9137A5

tetradic

#A59137 #37A55A #374BA5 #A53782

square

#A59137 #37A55A #374BA5 #A53782

split-complementary

#A59137 #3782A5 #5A37A5

monochromatic

#494018 #776928 #A59137 #C6B153 #D5C681

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#A59137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#A59137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59137

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59137	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)

#9F8E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 145, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.111 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b072',
    500: '#a59137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59137;
$custom-light: #c3b072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65724,
    "c": 0.11131,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59137

secondary

#7986BF

accent

#68DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59137

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

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