#A59640#A59640

#A59640 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.108 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59640
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, -5.30, 46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 46.59, 96.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% -0.0178 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.108 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3499, 30.1833, 9.2348)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59640 #404FA5

analogous

#A56340 #A59640 #82A540

triadic

#A59640 #40A596 #9640A5

tetradic

#A59640 #40A563 #404FA5 #A54082

square

#A59640 #40A563 #404FA5 #A54082

split-complementary

#A59640 #4082A5 #6340A5

monochromatic

#4D461E #796E2F #A59640 #C2B361 #D3C88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#A59640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#A59640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59640

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59640	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.108 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b478',
    500: '#a59640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59640;
$custom-light: #c2b478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.089,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66899,
    "c": 0.10798,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59640

secondary

#838CBE

accent

#67D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59640

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

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