#A59232#A59232

#A59232 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.116 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59232
RGB	rgb(165, 146, 50)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 69.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, -4.03, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 51.40, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% -0.0158 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.116 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3729, 28.7887, 7.1846)
Luminance	0.2879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59232 #3245A5

analogous

#A55932 #A59232 #7FA532

triadic

#A59232 #32A592 #9232A5

tetradic

#A59232 #32A559 #3245A5 #A5327F

square

#A59232 #32A559 #3245A5 #A5327F

split-complementary

#A59232 #327FA5 #5932A5

monochromatic

#473F16 #766824 #A59232 #C9B44C #D7C87B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#A59232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#A59232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59232

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59232	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 146, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.116 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b170',
    500: '#a59232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59232;
$custom-light: #c3b170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.087,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65895,
    "c": 0.11589,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59232

secondary

#7380BF

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59232

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

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