#A59C2B#A59C2B

#A59C2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.129 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59C2B
RGB	rgb(165, 156, 43)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 73.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -9.75, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 57.50, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.0328 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.129 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8427, 31.9518, 6.9857)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59C2B #2B34A5

analogous

#A55F2B #A59C2B #71A52B

triadic

#A59C2B #2BA59C #9C2BA5

tetradic

#A59C2B #2BA55F #2B34A5 #A52B71

square

#A59C2B #2BA55F #2B34A5 #A52B71

split-complementary

#A59C2B #2B71A5 #5F2BA5

monochromatic

#444012 #746E1E #A59C2B #CDC340 #DAD271

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A59C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#A59C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59C2B

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59C2B	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)

#AA9616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 156, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.129 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b86d',
    500: '#a59c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59c2b;
$custom-light: #c3b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.574,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68031,
    "c": 0.12921,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59C2B

secondary

#6B71C1

accent

#51E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59C2B

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

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