#A59142#A59142

#A59142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.102 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59142
RGB	rgb(165, 145, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, -2.44, 43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 43.89, 93.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% -0.0093 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.102 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6269, 28.6447, 9.2797)
Luminance	0.2864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59142 #4256A5

analogous

#A56042 #A59142 #87A542

triadic

#A59142 #42A591 #9142A5

tetradic

#A59142 #42A560 #4256A5 #A54287

square

#A59142 #42A560 #4256A5 #A54287

split-complementary

#A59142 #4287A5 #6042A5

monochromatic

#4E441F #796B31 #A59142 #C1AE63 #D2C58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A59142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#A59142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59142

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59142	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 145, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.102 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b179',
    500: '#a59142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59142;
$custom-light: #c2b179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.879,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6584,
    "c": 0.10194,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59142

secondary

#8591BD

accent

#6FD355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59142

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

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