#A59944#A59944

#A59944 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.107 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59944
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 58.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, -6.62, 45.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 45.84, 98.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% -0.0211 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.107 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9527, 31.2002, 10.0176)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59944 #4450A5

analogous

#A56844 #A59944 #80A544

triadic

#A59944 #44A599 #9944A5

tetradic

#A59944 #44A568 #4450A5 #A54480

square

#A59944 #44A568 #4450A5 #A54480

split-complementary

#A59944 #4480A5 #6844A5

monochromatic

#4E4920 #7A7132 #A59944 #C0B566 #D2CA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A59944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#A59944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59944

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59944	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6953B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.107 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b67b',
    500: '#a59944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59944;
$custom-light: #c2b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.577,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67597,
    "c": 0.10714,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59944

secondary

#878EBD

accent

#66D156

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59944

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

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