#A59837#A59837

#A59837 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.117 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59837
RGB	rgb(165, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, -6.98, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 51.33, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.0236 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.117 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4360, 30.7328, 8.1005)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59837 #3744A5

analogous

#A56137 #A59837 #7BA537

triadic

#A59837 #37A598 #9837A5

tetradic

#A59837 #37A561 #3744A5 #A5377B

square

#A59837 #37A561 #3744A5 #A5377B

split-complementary

#A59837 #377BA5 #6137A5

monochromatic

#494318 #776E28 #A59837 #C6B853 #D5CB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A59837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#A59837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59837

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59837	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6932A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.117 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b673',
    500: '#a59837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59837;
$custom-light: #c3b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.909,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67245,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59837

secondary

#7981BF

accent

#5FDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59837

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

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