#A59941#A59941

#A59941 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.110 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59941
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 65)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 60.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, -6.84, 46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 47.24, 98.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% -0.0221 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.11 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8634, 31.1645, 9.5477)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59941 #414DA5

analogous

#A56741 #A59941 #7FA541

triadic

#A59941 #41A599 #9941A5

tetradic

#A59941 #41A567 #414DA5 #A5417F

square

#A59941 #41A567 #414DA5 #A5417F

split-complementary

#A59941 #417FA5 #6741A5

monochromatic

#4D481E #797030 #A59941 #C1B662 #D2CA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A59941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#A59941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59941

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59941	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)

#A69537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.110 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b679',
    500: '#a59941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59941;
$custom-light: #c2b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67564,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59941

secondary

#848BBE

accent

#64D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59941

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

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