#A59D2F#A59D2F

#A59D2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.128 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59D2F
RGB	rgb(165, 157, 47)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 71.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -10.09, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 56.37, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.0333 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.128 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0882, 32.3196, 7.4475)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59D2F #2F37A5

analogous

#A5622F #A59D2F #72A52F

triadic

#A59D2F #2FA59D #9D2FA5

tetradic

#A59D2F #2FA562 #2F37A5 #A52F72

square

#A59D2F #2FA562 #2F37A5 #A52F72

split-complementary

#A59D2F #2F72A5 #622FA5

monochromatic

#464214 #757021 #A59D2F #CBC247 #D8D176

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A59D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#A59D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59D2F

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59D2F	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)

#AB971D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 157, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.128 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b96f',
    500: '#a59d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59d2f;
$custom-light: #c3b96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6828,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59D2F

secondary

#7075C0

accent

#53DF49

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59D2F

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

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