#A59B2F#A59B2F

#A59B2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.126 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59B2F
RGB	rgb(165, 155, 47)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 71.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, -9.03, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 55.65, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.0303 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.126 104)
XYZ	xyz(27.7526, 31.6484, 7.3357)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59B2F #2F39A5

analogous

#A5602F #A59B2F #74A52F

triadic

#A59B2F #2FA59B #9B2FA5

tetradic

#A59B2F #2FA560 #2F39A5 #A52F74

square

#A59B2F #2FA560 #2F39A5 #A52F74

split-complementary

#A59B2F #2F74A5 #602FA5

monochromatic

#464214 #756E21 #A59B2F #CBBF47 #D8D076

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A59B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#A59B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59B2F

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59B2F	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)

#A9961E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 155, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.126 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b86f',
    500: '#a59b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59b2f;
$custom-light: #c3b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.915,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67838,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.31647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59B2F

secondary

#7077C0

accent

#56DF49

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59B2F

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

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