#A59538#A59538

#A59538 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.114 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59538
RGB	rgb(165, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, -5.30, 49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 49.84, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% -0.0187 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.114 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9795, 29.7810, 8.0678)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59538 #3848A5

analogous

#A55E38 #A59538 #7EA538

triadic

#A59538 #38A595 #9538A5

tetradic

#A59538 #38A55E #3848A5 #A5387E

square

#A59538 #38A55E #3848A5 #A5387E

split-complementary

#A59538 #387EA5 #5E38A5

monochromatic

#4A4219 #776C28 #A59538 #C5B555 #D5C983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A59538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#A59538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59538

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59538	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.114 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b373',
    500: '#a59538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59538;
$custom-light: #c3b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.193,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.666,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59538

secondary

#7A84BE

accent

#63D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59538

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

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