#A59D33#A59D33

#A59D33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.125 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59D33
RGB	rgb(165, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 69.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, -9.87, 53.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 54.81, 100.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.0323 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.125 105)
XYZ	xyz(28.1727, 32.3533, 7.8921)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59D33 #333BA5

analogous

#A56433 #A59D33 #74A533

triadic

#A59D33 #33A59D #9D33A5

tetradic

#A59D33 #33A564 #333BA5 #A53374

square

#A59D33 #33A564 #333BA5 #A53374

split-complementary

#A59D33 #3374A5 #6433A5

monochromatic

#484416 #767125 #A59D33 #C8BF4D #D6D07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A59D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#A59D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59D33

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59D33	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)

#AB9723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.125 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b971',
    500: '#a59d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59d33;
$custom-light: #c3b971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68311,
    "c": 0.12487,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.32352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59D33

secondary

#757ABF

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59D33

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

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