#A59A35#A59A35

#A59A35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.121 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59A35
RGB	rgb(165, 154, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 67.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, -8.17, 52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 52.89, 98.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0272 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.121 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7164, 31.3687, 7.9623)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59A35 #3540A5

analogous

#A56235 #A59A35 #78A535

triadic

#A59A35 #35A59A #9A35A5

tetradic

#A59A35 #35A562 #3540A5 #A53578

square

#A59A35 #35A562 #3540A5 #A53578

split-complementary

#A59A35 #3578A5 #6235A5

monochromatic

#484417 #776F26 #A59A35 #C7BB50 #D6CD7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A59A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#A59A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59A35

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59A35	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 154, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.121 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b772',
    500: '#a59a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59a35;
$custom-light: #c3b772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.107,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67666,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59A35

secondary

#777EBF

accent

#5BDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59A35

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

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