#A59936#A59936

#A59936 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.119 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59936
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 67.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, -7.57, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 52.11, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0254 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.119 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5753, 31.0493, 8.0299)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59936 #3642A5

analogous

#A56236 #A59936 #79A536

triadic

#A59936 #36A599 #9936A5

tetradic

#A59936 #36A562 #3642A5 #A53679

square

#A59936 #36A562 #3642A5 #A53679

split-complementary

#A59936 #3679A5 #6236A5

monochromatic

#494318 #776E27 #A59936 #C6BA52 #D5CC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A59936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#A59936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59936

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59936	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)

#A79429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.119 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b672',
    500: '#a59936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59936;
$custom-light: #c3b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67456,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59936

secondary

#7880BF

accent

#5DDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59936

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

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