#A59831#A59831

#A59831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.122 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59831
RGB	rgb(165, 152, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 70.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.24, -7.32, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.24, 53.81, 97.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% -0.0253 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.122 102)
XYZ	xyz(27.3008, 30.6787, 7.3887)
Luminance	0.3068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59831 #313EA5

analogous

#A55E31 #A59831 #78A531

triadic

#A59831 #31A598 #9831A5

tetradic

#A59831 #31A55E #313EA5 #A53178

square

#A59831 #31A55E #313EA5 #A53178

split-complementary

#A59831 #3178A5 #5E31A5

monochromatic

#474115 #766D23 #A59831 #C9BB4A #D7CD79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A59831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#A59831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59831

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59831	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 152, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.122 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b670',
    500: '#a59831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59831;
$custom-light: #c3b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.276,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67194,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.30678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59831

secondary

#727BC0

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59831

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

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