#A59C2A#A59C2A

#A59C2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.130 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59C2A
RGB	rgb(165, 156, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 74.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -9.80, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 57.86, 99.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% -0.033 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.13 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8246, 31.9445, 6.8903)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59C2A #2A33A5

analogous

#A55E2A #A59C2A #70A52A

triadic

#A59C2A #2AA59C #9C2AA5

tetradic

#A59C2A #2AA55E #2A33A5 #A52A70

square

#A59C2A #2AA55E #2A33A5 #A52A70

split-complementary

#A59C2A #2A70A5 #5E2AA5

monochromatic

#434011 #746E1E #A59C2A #CEC33E #DAD36F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A59C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#A59C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59C2A

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59C2A	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 156, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.130 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b86c',
    500: '#a59c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59c2a;
$custom-light: #c3b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68024,
    "c": 0.12981,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59C2A

secondary

#6970C1

accent

#51E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59C2A

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

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