#A59541#A59541

#A59541 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.106 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59541
RGB	rgb(165, 149, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 60.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, -4.69, 45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 45.76, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% -0.0159 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.106 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2197, 29.8771, 9.3331)
Luminance	0.2988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59541 #4151A5

analogous

#A56341 #A59541 #83A541

triadic

#A59541 #41A595 #9541A5

tetradic

#A59541 #41A563 #4151A5 #A54183

square

#A59541 #41A563 #4151A5 #A54183

split-complementary

#A59541 #4183A5 #6341A5

monochromatic

#4D461E #796D30 #A59541 #C1B262 #D2C78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A59541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#A59541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59541

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59541	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 149, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.106 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b379',
    500: '#a59541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59541;
$custom-light: #c2b379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66693,
    "c": 0.10621,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59541

secondary

#848DBE

accent

#69D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59541

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

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