#A59532#A59532

#A59532 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.118 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59532
RGB	rgb(165, 149, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 69.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, -5.65, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 52.38, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% -0.0205 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.118 100)
XYZ	xyz(26.8414, 29.7257, 7.3408)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59532 #3242A5

analogous

#A55C32 #A59532 #7CA532

triadic

#A59532 #32A595 #9532A5

tetradic

#A59532 #32A55C #3242A5 #A5327C

square

#A59532 #32A55C #3242A5 #A5327C

split-complementary

#A59532 #327CA5 #5C32A5

monochromatic

#474016 #766B24 #A59532 #C9B74C #D7CA7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A59532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#A59532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59532

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59532	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)

#A39124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 149, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.118 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b370',
    500: '#a59532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59532;
$custom-light: #c3b370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.652,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66547,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.29725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59532

secondary

#737EBF

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59532

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

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