#A59544#A59544

#A59544 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.103 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59544
RGB	rgb(165, 149, 68)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 58.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, -4.46, 44.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 44.34, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% -0.0149 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.103 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3089, 29.9127, 9.8030)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59544 #4454A5

analogous

#A56444 #A59544 #84A544

triadic

#A59544 #44A595 #9544A5

tetradic

#A59544 #44A564 #4454A5 #A54484

square

#A59544 #44A564 #4454A5 #A54484

split-complementary

#A59544 #4484A5 #6444A5

monochromatic

#4E4720 #7A6E32 #A59544 #C0B166 #D2C792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A59544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#A59544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59544

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59544	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)

#A2913C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 149, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.103 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b37b',
    500: '#a59544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59544;
$custom-light: #c2b37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.103,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66727,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59544

secondary

#8790BD

accent

#6BD156

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59544

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

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