#A59639#A59639

#A59639 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.114 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59639
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 65.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, -5.78, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 49.75, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.02 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.114 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1631, 30.1086, 8.2509)
Luminance	0.3011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59639 #3948A5

analogous

#A56039 #A59639 #7EA539

triadic

#A59639 #39A596 #9639A5

tetradic

#A59639 #39A560 #3948A5 #A5397E

square

#A59639 #39A560 #3948A5 #A5397E

split-complementary

#A59639 #397EA5 #6039A5

monochromatic

#4A431A #786D29 #A59639 #C5B556 #D4C984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#A59639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#A59639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59639

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59639	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)

#A4922E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.114 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b474',
    500: '#a59639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59639;
$custom-light: #c3b474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 48.649,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66827,
    "c": 0.11389,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59639

secondary

#7B85BE

accent

#63D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59639

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

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