#A59931#A59931

#A59931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.123 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59931
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 70.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, -7.86, 53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 54.16, 98.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0268 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.123 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4638, 31.0047, 7.4430)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59931 #313DA5

analogous

#A55F31 #A59931 #77A531

triadic

#A59931 #31A599 #9931A5

tetradic

#A59931 #31A55F #313DA5 #A53177

square

#A59931 #31A55F #313DA5 #A53177

split-complementary

#A59931 #3177A5 #5F31A5

monochromatic

#474115 #766D23 #A59931 #C9BC4A #D7CE79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A59931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#A59931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59931

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59931	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.123 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b670',
    500: '#a59931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59931;
$custom-light: #c3b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67414,
    "c": 0.12255,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59931

secondary

#727AC0

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59931

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

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