#A59539#A59539

#A59539 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.113 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59539
RGB	rgb(165, 149, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 65.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, -5.24, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 49.40, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% -0.0184 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.113 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0042, 29.7908, 8.1979)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59539 #3949A5

analogous

#A55F39 #A59539 #7FA539

triadic

#A59539 #39A595 #9539A5

tetradic

#A59539 #39A55F #3949A5 #A5397F

square

#A59539 #39A55F #3949A5 #A5397F

split-complementary

#A59539 #397FA5 #5F39A5

monochromatic

#4A431A #786C29 #A59539 #C5B456 #D4C984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A59539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#A59539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59539

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59539	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)

#A3912E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 149, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.113 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b374',
    500: '#a59539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59539;
$custom-light: #c3b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 48.649,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6661,
    "c": 0.11302,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59539

secondary

#7B85BE

accent

#64D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59539

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

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