#A59D2C#A59D2C

#A59D2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.130 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59D2C
RGB	rgb(165, 157, 44)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 73.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, -10.24, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 57.49, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% -0.0341 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.13 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0298, 32.2962, 7.1397)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59D2C #2C34A5

analogous

#A5602C #A59D2C #70A52C

triadic

#A59D2C #2CA59D #9D2CA5

tetradic

#A59D2C #2CA560 #2C34A5 #A52C70

square

#A59D2C #2CA560 #2C34A5 #A52C70

split-complementary

#A59D2C #2C70A5 #602CA5

monochromatic

#444112 #756F1F #A59D2C #CDC342 #D9D372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A59D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#A59D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59D2C

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59D2C	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 157, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.130 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b96d',
    500: '#a59d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59d2c;
$custom-light: #c3b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68259,
    "c": 0.12953,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59D2C

secondary

#6C72C1

accent

#51E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59D2C

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

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