#A59638#A59638

#A59638 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.115 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59638
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, -5.84, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 50.19, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% -0.0203 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.115 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1384, 30.0987, 8.1208)
Luminance	0.3010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59638 #3847A5

analogous

#A55F38 #A59638 #7DA538

triadic

#A59638 #38A596 #9638A5

tetradic

#A59638 #38A55F #3847A5 #A5387D

square

#A59638 #38A55F #3847A5 #A5387D

split-complementary

#A59638 #387DA5 #5F38A5

monochromatic

#4A4319 #776C28 #A59638 #C5B655 #D5C983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#A59638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#A59638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59638

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59638	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.115 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b473',
    500: '#a59638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59638;
$custom-light: #c3b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.743,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66818,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59638

secondary

#7A84BE

accent

#62D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59638

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

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