#A59B2D#A59B2D

#A59B2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.127 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59B2D
RGB	rgb(165, 155, 45)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 72.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, -9.13, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 56.41, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.0308 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.127 104)
XYZ	xyz(27.7132, 31.6326, 7.1280)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59B2D #2D37A5

analogous

#A55F2D #A59B2D #73A52D

triadic

#A59B2D #2DA59B #9B2DA5

tetradic

#A59B2D #2DA55F #2D37A5 #A52D73

square

#A59B2D #2DA55F #2D37A5 #A52D73

split-complementary

#A59B2D #2D73A5 #5F2DA5

monochromatic

#454113 #756E20 #A59B2D #CCC043 #D9D073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A59B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#A59B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59B2D

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59B2D	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9961A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 155, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.127 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b86e',
    500: '#a59b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59b2d;
$custom-light: #c3b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67824,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.31631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59B2D

secondary

#6D74C1

accent

#54E047

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59B2D

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

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