#A59537#A59537

#A59537 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.115 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59537
RGB	rgb(165, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, -5.36, 49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 50.27, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% -0.019 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.115 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9552, 29.7713, 7.9403)
Luminance	0.2977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59537 #3747A5

analogous

#A55E37 #A59537 #7EA537

triadic

#A59537 #37A595 #9537A5

tetradic

#A59537 #37A55E #3747A5 #A5377E

square

#A59537 #37A55E #3747A5 #A5377E

split-complementary

#A59537 #377EA5 #5E37A5

monochromatic

#494218 #776C28 #A59537 #C6B553 #D5C981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A59537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#A59537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59537

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59537	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)

#A3912B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.115 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b373',
    500: '#a59537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59537;
$custom-light: #c3b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66591,
    "c": 0.1146,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59537

secondary

#7983BF

accent

#63DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59537

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

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