#A59947#A59947

#A59947 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.104 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59947
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 71)
HSL	hsl(52, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 57%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -6.38, 43.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 44.41, 98.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.02 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.104 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0466, 31.2378, 10.5122)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59947 #4753A5

analogous

#A56A47 #A59947 #82A547

triadic

#A59947 #47A599 #9947A5

tetradic

#A59947 #47A56A #4753A5 #A54782

square

#A59947 #47A56A #4753A5 #A54782

split-complementary

#A59947 #4782A5 #6A47A5

monochromatic

#4F4A22 #7A7135 #A59947 #BFB46A #D1CA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A59947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A59947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59947

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59947	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6953F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.104 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b67d',
    500: '#a59947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59947;
$custom-light: #c2b67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 39.831,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67633,
    "c": 0.10434,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59947

secondary

#8B91BD

accent

#67D058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59947

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

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