#A59838#A59838

#A59838 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.116 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59838
RGB	rgb(165, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, -6.91, 50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 50.90, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% -0.0233 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.116 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4602, 30.7425, 8.2281)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59838 #3845A5

analogous

#A56138 #A59838 #7BA538

triadic

#A59838 #38A598 #9838A5

tetradic

#A59838 #38A561 #3845A5 #A5387B

square

#A59838 #38A561 #3845A5 #A5387B

split-complementary

#A59838 #387BA5 #6138A5

monochromatic

#4A4419 #776E28 #A59838 #C5B855 #D5CB83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A59838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#A59838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59838

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59838	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)

#A6932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.116 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b674',
    500: '#a59838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59838;
$custom-light: #c3b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.844,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67255,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59838

secondary

#7A82BE

accent

#5FD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59838

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

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