#A59530#A59530

#A59530 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.120 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59530
RGB	rgb(165, 149, 48)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 70.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, -5.76, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 53.20, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% -0.021 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.12 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7992, 29.7089, 7.1185)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59530 #3040A5

analogous

#A55B30 #A59530 #7BA530

triadic

#A59530 #30A595 #9530A5

tetradic

#A59530 #30A55B #3040A5 #A5307B

square

#A59530 #30A55B #3040A5 #A5307B

split-complementary

#A59530 #307BA5 #5B30A5

monochromatic

#463F14 #766A22 #A59530 #CAB848 #D8CB78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A59530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#A59530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59530

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59530	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 149, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.120 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b36f',
    500: '#a59530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59530;
$custom-light: #c3b36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 54.93,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66531,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59530

secondary

#717CC0

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59530

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

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