#A59940#A59940

#A59940 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.111 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59940
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, -6.91, 47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 47.70, 98.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0224 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.111 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8347, 31.1531, 9.3964)
Luminance	0.3115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59940 #404CA5

analogous

#A56640 #A59940 #7FA540

triadic

#A59940 #40A599 #9940A5

tetradic

#A59940 #40A566 #404CA5 #A5407F

square

#A59940 #40A566 #404CA5 #A5407F

split-complementary

#A59940 #407FA5 #6640A5

monochromatic

#4D471E #79702F #A59940 #C2B661 #D3CA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A59940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#A59940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59940

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59940	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.111 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b678',
    500: '#a59940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59940;
$custom-light: #c2b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.871,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67553,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59940

secondary

#838ABE

accent

#63D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59940

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

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