#A59B2A#A59B2A

#A59B2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.129 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59B2A
RGB	rgb(165, 155, 42)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 74.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, -9.27, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 57.51, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.0315 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.129 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6575, 31.6103, 6.8346)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59B2A #2A34A5

analogous

#A55D2A #A59B2A #71A52A

triadic

#A59B2A #2AA59B #9B2AA5

tetradic

#A59B2A #2AA55D #2A34A5 #A52A71

square

#A59B2A #2AA55D #2A34A5 #A52A71

split-complementary

#A59B2A #2A71A5 #5D2AA5

monochromatic

#433F11 #746D1E #A59B2A #CEC23E #DAD26F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A59B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#A59B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59B2A

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59B2A	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 155, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.129 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b86c',
    500: '#a59b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59b2a;
$custom-light: #c3b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67803,
    "c": 0.1289,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59B2A

secondary

#6971C1

accent

#52E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59B2A

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

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