#A59C2D#A59C2D

#A59C2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.128 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59C2D
RGB	rgb(165, 156, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 72.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -9.66, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 56.76, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.0323 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.128 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8803, 31.9668, 7.1837)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59C2D #2D36A5

analogous

#A5602D #A59C2D #72A52D

triadic

#A59C2D #2DA59C #9C2DA5

tetradic

#A59C2D #2DA560 #2D36A5 #A52D72

square

#A59C2D #2DA560 #2D36A5 #A52D72

split-complementary

#A59C2D #2D72A5 #602DA5

monochromatic

#454113 #756F20 #A59C2D #CCC243 #D9D173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A59C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#A59C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59C2D

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59C2D	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)

#AA961A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 156, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.128 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b86e',
    500: '#a59c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59c2d;
$custom-light: #c3b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68044,
    "c": 0.12796,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59C2D

secondary

#6D74C1

accent

#53E047

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59C2D

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

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