#A59D2E#A59D2E

#A59D2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.128 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59D2E
RGB	rgb(165, 157, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 72.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, -10.14, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 56.75, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0336 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.128 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0683, 32.3116, 7.3425)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59D2E #2E36A5

analogous

#A5622E #A59D2E #72A52E

triadic

#A59D2E #2EA59D #9D2EA5

tetradic

#A59D2E #2EA562 #2E36A5 #A52E72

square

#A59D2E #2EA562 #2E36A5 #A52E72

split-complementary

#A59D2E #2E72A5 #622EA5

monochromatic

#454213 #756F21 #A59D2E #CBC245 #D8D275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A59D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#A59D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59D2E

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59D2E	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)

#AB971B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 157, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.128 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b96e',
    500: '#a59d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59d2e;
$custom-light: #c3b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.966,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68273,
    "c": 0.12825,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59D2E

secondary

#6F74C0

accent

#52E048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59D2E

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

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