#A59A2F#A59A2F

#A59A2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.125 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59A2F
RGB	rgb(165, 154, 47)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 71.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.77, -8.50, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.77, 55.30, 98.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% -0.0288 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.125 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5869, 31.3169, 7.2804)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59A2F #2F3AA5

analogous

#A55F2F #A59A2F #75A52F

triadic

#A59A2F #2FA59A #9A2FA5

tetradic

#A59A2F #2FA55F #2F3AA5 #A52F75

square

#A59A2F #2FA55F #2F3AA5 #A52F75

split-complementary

#A59A2F #2F75A5 #5F2FA5

monochromatic

#464114 #756E21 #A59A2F #CBBE47 #D8CF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A59A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#A59A2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59A2F

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59A2F	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)

#A8951E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 154, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.125 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b76f',
    500: '#a59a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59a2f;
$custom-light: #c3b76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.407,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67618,
    "c": 0.12483,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59A2F

secondary

#7077C0

accent

#57DF49

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59A2F

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

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