#A59D31#A59D31

#A59D31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.126 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59D31
RGB	rgb(165, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 70.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -9.98, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 55.60, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.0328 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.126 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1295, 32.3361, 7.6649)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59D31 #3139A5

analogous

#A56331 #A59D31 #73A531

triadic

#A59D31 #31A59D #9D31A5

tetradic

#A59D31 #31A563 #3139A5 #A53173

square

#A59D31 #31A563 #3139A5 #A53173

split-complementary

#A59D31 #3173A5 #6331A5

monochromatic

#474315 #767023 #A59D31 #C9C04A #D7D179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A59D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#A59D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59D31

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59D31	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)

#AB9720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.126 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b970',
    500: '#a59d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59d31;
$custom-light: #c3b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68295,
    "c": 0.12626,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59D31

secondary

#7278C0

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59D31

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

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