#A59B2B#A59B2B

#A59B2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.128 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59B2B
RGB	rgb(165, 155, 43)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 73.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -9.22, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 57.15, 99.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.0313 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.128 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6756, 31.6176, 6.9300)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59B2B #2B35A5

analogous

#A55E2B #A59B2B #72A52B

triadic

#A59B2B #2BA59B #9B2BA5

tetradic

#A59B2B #2BA55E #2B35A5 #A52B72

square

#A59B2B #2BA55E #2B35A5 #A52B72

split-complementary

#A59B2B #2B72A5 #5E2BA5

monochromatic

#444012 #746D1E #A59B2B #CDC240 #DAD171

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A59B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#A59B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59B2B

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59B2B	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)

#A99616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 155, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.128 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b86d',
    500: '#a59b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59b2b;
$custom-light: #c3b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6781,
    "c": 0.1283,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59B2B

secondary

#6B72C1

accent

#53E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59B2B

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

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