#A59437#A59437

#A59437 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.114 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59437
RGB	rgb(165, 148, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, -4.82, 49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 49.93, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% -0.0175 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.114 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7977, 29.4562, 7.8878)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59437 #3748A5

analogous

#A55D37 #A59437 #7FA537

triadic

#A59437 #37A594 #9437A5

tetradic

#A59437 #37A55D #3748A5 #A5377F

square

#A59437 #37A55D #3748A5 #A5377F

split-complementary

#A59437 #377FA5 #5D37A5

monochromatic

#494218 #776B28 #A59437 #C6B453 #D5C881

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#A59437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#A59437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59437

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59437	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7963C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 148, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.114 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b373',
    500: '#a59437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59437;
$custom-light: #c3b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.727,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66373,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59437

secondary

#7984BF

accent

#64DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59437

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

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