#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
RGBrgb(165, 154, 53)
HSLhsl(54, 51%, 43%)
HSVhsv(54, 68%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.7%, 67.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.82, -8.17, 52.26)
CIE-LCHlch(62.82, 52.89, 98.88°)
OKLaboklab(67.67% -0.0272 0.1175)
OKLCHoklch(67.67% 0.121 103.1)
XYZxyz(27.7164, 31.3687, 7.9623)
Luminance0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##A59A351.002.897.277.27
#FFFFFF2.891.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2721.001.001.00
##0000007.2721.001.001.00

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

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#A59A35 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva