#A59A2B#A59A2B

#A59A2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.127 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59A2B
RGB	rgb(165, 154, 43)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 73.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, -8.69, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 56.80, 98.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% -0.0298 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.127 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5099, 31.2861, 6.8748)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59A2B #2B36A5

analogous

#A55D2B #A59A2B #73A52B

triadic

#A59A2B #2BA59A #9A2BA5

tetradic

#A59A2B #2BA55D #2B36A5 #A52B73

square

#A59A2B #2BA55D #2B36A5 #A52B73

split-complementary

#A59A2B #2B73A5 #5D2BA5

monochromatic

#443F12 #746D1E #A59A2B #CDC040 #DAD071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A59A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#A59A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59A2B

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59A2B	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)

#A89517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 154, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.127 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b76d',
    500: '#a59a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59a2b;
$custom-light: #c3b76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.59,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67589,
    "c": 0.12739,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59A2B

secondary

#6B73C1

accent

#54E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59A2B

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

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