#A59D2D#A59D2D

#A59D2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.129 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59D2D
RGB	rgb(165, 157, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 72.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, -10.19, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 57.12, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0338 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.129 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0488, 32.3038, 7.2399)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59D2D #2D35A5

analogous

#A5612D #A59D2D #71A52D

triadic

#A59D2D #2DA59D #9D2DA5

tetradic

#A59D2D #2DA561 #2D35A5 #A52D71

square

#A59D2D #2DA561 #2D35A5 #A52D71

split-complementary

#A59D2D #2D71A5 #612DA5

monochromatic

#454113 #756F20 #A59D2D #CCC343 #D9D273

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A59D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#A59D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59D2D

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59D2D	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	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)

#AB9719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 157, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.129 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b96e',
    500: '#a59d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59d2d;
$custom-light: #c3b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68265,
    "c": 0.1289,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59D2D

secondary

#6D73C1

accent

#52E047

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59D2D

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

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