#A59535#A59535

#A59535 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.116 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59535
RGB	rgb(165, 149, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 67.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, -5.48, 50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 51.13, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% -0.0196 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.116 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9083, 29.7525, 7.6929)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59535 #3545A5

analogous

#A55D35 #A59535 #7DA535

triadic

#A59535 #35A595 #9535A5

tetradic

#A59535 #35A55D #3545A5 #A5357D

square

#A59535 #35A55D #3545A5 #A5357D

split-complementary

#A59535 #357DA5 #5D35A5

monochromatic

#484117 #776B26 #A59535 #C7B650 #D6C97F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A59535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#A59535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59535

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59535	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)

#A39128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 149, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.116 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b371',
    500: '#a59535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59535;
$custom-light: #c3b371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66573,
    "c": 0.11614,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59535

secondary

#7781BF

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59535

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

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