#A59B30#A59B30

#A59B30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.125 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59B30
RGB	rgb(165, 155, 48)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 70.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, -8.98, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 55.26, 99.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% -0.0301 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.125 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7730, 31.6565, 7.4431)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59B30 #303AA5

analogous

#A56130 #A59B30 #75A530

triadic

#A59B30 #30A59B #9B30A5

tetradic

#A59B30 #30A561 #303AA5 #A53075

square

#A59B30 #30A561 #303AA5 #A53075

split-complementary

#A59B30 #3075A5 #6130A5

monochromatic

#464214 #766E22 #A59B30 #CABF48 #D8CF78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A59B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#A59B30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59B30

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59B30	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	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)

#A9961F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 155, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.125 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b86f',
    500: '#a59b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59b30;
$custom-light: #c3b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.872,
    "s": 54.93,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67846,
    "c": 0.12506,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59B30

secondary

#7178C0

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59B30

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

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