#A59D30#A59D30

#A59D30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.127 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59D30
RGB	rgb(165, 157, 48)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 70.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -10.04, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 55.99, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.0331 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.127 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1087, 32.3277, 7.5550)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59D30 #3038A5

analogous

#A56230 #A59D30 #73A530

triadic

#A59D30 #30A59D #9D30A5

tetradic

#A59D30 #30A562 #3038A5 #A53073

square

#A59D30 #30A562 #3038A5 #A53073

split-complementary

#A59D30 #3073A5 #6230A5

monochromatic

#464314 #767022 #A59D30 #CAC148 #D8D178

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A59D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#A59D30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59D30

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59D30	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB971F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 157, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.127 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b96f',
    500: '#a59d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59d30;
$custom-light: #c3b96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.897,
    "s": 54.93,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68287,
    "c": 0.12694,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59D30

secondary

#7176C0

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59D30

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

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