#A59233#A59233

#A59233 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.115 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59233
RGB	rgb(165, 146, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 69.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.60, -3.97, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.60, 50.98, 94.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% -0.0155 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.115 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3947, 28.7974, 7.2995)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59233 #3346A5

analogous

#A55933 #A59233 #7FA533

triadic

#A59233 #33A592 #9233A5

tetradic

#A59233 #33A559 #3346A5 #A5337F

square

#A59233 #33A559 #3346A5 #A5337F

split-complementary

#A59233 #337FA5 #5933A5

monochromatic

#483F16 #766925 #A59233 #C8B44D #D6C77C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#A59233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#A59233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59233

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59233	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)

#A08E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 146, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.115 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b170',
    500: '#a59233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59233;
$custom-light: #c3b170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65904,
    "c": 0.11515,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59233

secondary

#7581BF

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59233

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

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