#A59A2A#A59A2A

#A59A2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.128 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59A2A
RGB	rgb(165, 154, 42)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 74.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, -8.74, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 57.17, 98.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.03 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.128 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4918, 31.2788, 6.7793)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59A2A #2A35A5

analogous

#A55C2A #A59A2A #72A52A

triadic

#A59A2A #2AA59A #9A2AA5

tetradic

#A59A2A #2AA55C #2A35A5 #A52A72

square

#A59A2A #2AA55C #2A35A5 #A52A72

split-complementary

#A59A2A #2A72A5 #5C2AA5

monochromatic

#433F11 #746C1E #A59A2A #CEC13E #DAD16F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A59A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#A59A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59A2A

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59A2A	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 154, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.128 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b76c',
    500: '#a59a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59a2a;
$custom-light: #c3b76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67582,
    "c": 0.12801,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59A2A

secondary

#6971C1

accent

#53E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59A2A

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

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