#A59836#A59836

#A59836 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.118 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59836
RGB	rgb(165, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 67.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, -7.04, 51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 51.75, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.0239 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.118 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4123, 30.7233, 7.9756)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59836 #3643A5

analogous

#A56036 #A59836 #7AA536

triadic

#A59836 #36A598 #9836A5

tetradic

#A59836 #36A560 #3643A5 #A5367A

square

#A59836 #36A560 #3643A5 #A5367A

split-complementary

#A59836 #367AA5 #6036A5

monochromatic

#494318 #776E27 #A59836 #C6B952 #D5CB80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A59836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#A59836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59836

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59836	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)

#A69329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.118 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b672',
    500: '#a59836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59836;
$custom-light: #c3b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.973,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67237,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59836

secondary

#7880BF

accent

#5EDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59836

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

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