#A59342#A59342

#A59342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.104 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59342
RGB	rgb(165, 147, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, -3.53, 44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 44.58, 94.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% -0.0124 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.104 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9352, 29.2613, 9.3824)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59342 #4254A5

analogous

#A56142 #A59342 #85A542

triadic

#A59342 #42A593 #9342A5

tetradic

#A59342 #42A561 #4254A5 #A54285

square

#A59342 #42A561 #4254A5 #A54285

split-complementary

#A59342 #4285A5 #6142A5

monochromatic

#4E451F #796C31 #A59342 #C1B063 #D2C68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#A59342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#A59342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59342

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59342	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0903A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 147, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.104 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b279',
    500: '#a59342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59342;
$custom-light: #c2b279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66271,
    "c": 0.10358,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59342

secondary

#8590BD

accent

#6CD355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5EE

border

#D1CFC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59342

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

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