#A59937#A59937

#A59937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.118 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59937
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, -7.51, 51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 51.69, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0252 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.118 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5990, 31.0588, 8.1549)
Luminance	0.3106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59937 #3743A5

analogous

#A56237 #A59937 #7AA537

triadic

#A59937 #37A599 #9937A5

tetradic

#A59937 #37A562 #3743A5 #A5377A

square

#A59937 #37A562 #3743A5 #A5377A

split-complementary

#A59937 #377AA5 #6237A5

monochromatic

#494418 #776E28 #A59937 #C6B953 #D5CC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A59937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#A59937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59937

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59937	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)

#A7942A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.118 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b673',
    500: '#a59937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59937;
$custom-light: #c3b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67465,
    "c": 0.11815,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59937

secondary

#7981BF

accent

#5DDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59937

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

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