#A59542#A59542

#A59542 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.105 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59542
RGB	rgb(165, 149, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, -4.61, 45.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 45.29, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% -0.0156 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.105 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2489, 29.8887, 9.4870)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59542 #4252A5

analogous

#A56342 #A59542 #83A542

triadic

#A59542 #42A595 #9542A5

tetradic

#A59542 #42A563 #4252A5 #A54283

square

#A59542 #42A563 #4252A5 #A54283

split-complementary

#A59542 #4283A5 #6342A5

monochromatic

#4E461F #796E31 #A59542 #C1B263 #D2C78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A59542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#A59542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59542

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59542	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)

#A29139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 149, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.105 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b379',
    500: '#a59542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59542;
$custom-light: #c2b379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.303,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66704,
    "c": 0.10531,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59542

secondary

#858EBD

accent

#69D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59542

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

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