#A59935#A59935

#A59935 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.120 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59935
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 67.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, -7.63, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 52.53, 98.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% -0.0257 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.12 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5520, 31.0400, 7.9075)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59935 #3541A5

analogous

#A56135 #A59935 #79A535

triadic

#A59935 #35A599 #9935A5

tetradic

#A59935 #35A561 #3541A5 #A53579

square

#A59935 #35A561 #3541A5 #A53579

split-complementary

#A59935 #3579A5 #6135A5

monochromatic

#484317 #776E26 #A59935 #C7BA50 #D6CC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A59935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#A59935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59935

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59935	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.120 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b672',
    500: '#a59935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59935;
$custom-light: #c3b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67447,
    "c": 0.11967,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59935

secondary

#777FBF

accent

#5CDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59935

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

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