#A5991F#A5991F

#A5991F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.133 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5991F
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 31)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 81.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, -8.65, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 60.44, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% -0.0308 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.133 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1569, 30.8819, 5.8264)
Luminance	0.3088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5991F #1F2BA5

analogous

#A5561F #A5991F #6EA51F

triadic

#A5991F #1FA599 #991FA5

tetradic

#A5991F #1FA556 #1F2BA5 #A51F6E

square

#A5991F #1FA556 #1F2BA5 #A51F6E

split-complementary

#A5991F #1F6EA5 #561FA5

monochromatic

#3E390C #716915 #A5991F #D7C82A #E1D55E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A5991F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#A5991F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5991F

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5991F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5991F	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5991f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.133 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b667',
    500: '#a5991f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5991f;
$custom-light: #c4b667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5991f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 68.367,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67298,
    "c": 0.13299,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5991F

secondary

#5B64C5

accent

#4CEB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5991F

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

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