#A59337#A59337

#A59337 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.113 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59337
RGB	rgb(165, 147, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.91, -4.28, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.91, 49.60, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.0159 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.113 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6415, 29.1439, 7.8357)
Luminance	0.2914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59337 #3749A5

analogous

#A55C37 #A59337 #80A537

triadic

#A59337 #37A593 #9337A5

tetradic

#A59337 #37A55C #3749A5 #A53780

square

#A59337 #37A55C #3749A5 #A53780

split-complementary

#A59337 #3780A5 #5C37A5

monochromatic

#494118 #776A28 #A59337 #C6B353 #D5C781

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#A59337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#A59337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59337

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59337	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 147, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.113 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b272',
    500: '#a59337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59337;
$custom-light: #c3b272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.182,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66156,
    "c": 0.11292,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59337

secondary

#7985BF

accent

#65DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59337

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

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