#A5992B#A5992B

#A5992B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.127 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5992B
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 43)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 73.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.47, -8.16, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.47, 56.46, 98.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% -0.0283 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.127 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3455, 30.9574, 6.8200)
Luminance	0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5992B #2B37A5

analogous

#A55C2B #A5992B #74A52B

triadic

#A5992B #2BA599 #992BA5

tetradic

#A5992B #2BA55C #2B37A5 #A52B74

square

#A5992B #2BA55C #2B37A5 #A52B74

split-complementary

#A5992B #2B74A5 #5C2BA5

monochromatic

#443F12 #746C1E #A5992B #CDBF40 #DAD071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A5992B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#A5992B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5992B

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5992B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5992B	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5992b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.127 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b66c',
    500: '#a5992b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5992b;
$custom-light: #c3b66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5992b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.098,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67369,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5992B

secondary

#6B73C1

accent

#55E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5992B

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

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