#A59945#A59945

#A59945 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.106 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59945
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 58.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, -6.54, 44.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 45.37, 98.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% -0.0207 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.106 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9834, 31.2125, 10.1797)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59945 #4551A5

analogous

#A56945 #A59945 #81A545

triadic

#A59945 #45A599 #9945A5

tetradic

#A59945 #45A569 #4551A5 #A54581

square

#A59945 #45A569 #4551A5 #A54581

split-complementary

#A59945 #4581A5 #6945A5

monochromatic

#4F4921 #7A7133 #A59945 #C0B568 #D2CA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A59945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#A59945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59945

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59945	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)

#A6953C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.106 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b67c',
    500: '#a59945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59945;
$custom-light: #c2b67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 41.026,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67609,
    "c": 0.10622,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59945

secondary

#888FBD

accent

#66D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59945

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

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