#A59331#A59331

#A59331 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.117 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59331
RGB	rgb(165, 147, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 70.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, -4.63, 51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 52.13, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% -0.0176 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.117 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5064, 29.0898, 7.1238)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59331 #3143A5

analogous

#A55931 #A59331 #7DA531

triadic

#A59331 #31A593 #9331A5

tetradic

#A59331 #31A559 #3143A5 #A5317D

square

#A59331 #31A559 #3143A5 #A5317D

split-complementary

#A59331 #317DA5 #5931A5

monochromatic

#473F15 #766923 #A59331 #C9B54A #D7C979

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#A59331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#A59331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59331

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59331	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 147, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.117 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b26f',
    500: '#a59331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59331;
$custom-light: #c3b26f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.69,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66104,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59331

secondary

#727EC0

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59331

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

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