#A59533#A59533

#A59533 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.118 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59533
RGB	rgb(165, 149, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 69.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, -5.60, 51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 51.97, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% -0.0202 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.118 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8632, 29.7345, 7.4557)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59533 #3343A5

analogous

#A55C33 #A59533 #7CA533

triadic

#A59533 #33A595 #9533A5

tetradic

#A59533 #33A55C #3343A5 #A5337C

square

#A59533 #33A55C #3343A5 #A5337C

split-complementary

#A59533 #337CA5 #5C33A5

monochromatic

#484116 #766B25 #A59533 #C8B74D #D6CA7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A59533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#A59533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59533

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59533	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 149, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.118 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b370',
    500: '#a59533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59533;
$custom-light: #c3b370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.579,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66555,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59533

secondary

#757FBF

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59533

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

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