#A59531#A59531

#A59531 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.119 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59531
RGB	rgb(165, 149, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 70.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, -5.71, 52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 52.79, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% -0.0207 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.119 100)
XYZ	xyz(26.8201, 29.7172, 7.2284)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59531 #3141A5

analogous

#A55B31 #A59531 #7BA531

triadic

#A59531 #31A595 #9531A5

tetradic

#A59531 #31A55B #3141A5 #A5317B

square

#A59531 #31A55B #3141A5 #A5317B

split-complementary

#A59531 #317BA5 #5B31A5

monochromatic

#474015 #766A23 #A59531 #C9B84A #D7CA79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A59531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#A59531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59531

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59531	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	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)

#A39122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 149, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.119 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b36f',
    500: '#a59531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59531;
$custom-light: #c3b36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66539,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.29716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59531

secondary

#727DC0

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59531

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

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