#A59842#A59842

#A59842 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.108 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59842
RGB	rgb(165, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, -6.23, 45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 46.40, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.0202 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.108 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7297, 30.8503, 9.6472)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59842 #424FA5

analogous

#A56642 #A59842 #80A542

triadic

#A59842 #42A598 #9842A5

tetradic

#A59842 #42A566 #424FA5 #A54280

square

#A59842 #42A566 #424FA5 #A54280

split-complementary

#A59842 #4280A5 #6642A5

monochromatic

#4E471F #797031 #A59842 #C1B563 #D2C98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A59842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#A59842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59842

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59842	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.108 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b67a',
    500: '#a59842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59842;
$custom-light: #c2b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.121,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67357,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59842

secondary

#858DBD

accent

#66D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59842

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

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