#A59933#A59933

#A59933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.121 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59933
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 69.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, -7.75, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 53.36, 98.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% -0.0263 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.121 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5070, 31.0220, 7.6702)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59933 #333FA5

analogous

#A56033 #A59933 #78A533

triadic

#A59933 #33A599 #9933A5

tetradic

#A59933 #33A560 #333FA5 #A53378

square

#A59933 #33A560 #333FA5 #A53378

split-complementary

#A59933 #3378A5 #6033A5

monochromatic

#484216 #766E25 #A59933 #C8BB4D #D6CD7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A59933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#A59933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59933

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59933	1.00	2.91	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.91	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)

#A79424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.121 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b671',
    500: '#a59933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59933;
$custom-light: #c3b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6743,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59933

secondary

#757CBF

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59933

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

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