#A59D37#A59D37

#A59D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.122 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59D37
RGB	rgb(165, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, -9.64, 52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 53.17, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.0312 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.122 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2647, 32.3901, 8.3768)
Luminance	0.3239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59D37 #373FA5

analogous

#A56637 #A59D37 #76A537

triadic

#A59D37 #37A59D #9D37A5

tetradic

#A59D37 #37A566 #373FA5 #A53776

square

#A59D37 #37A566 #373FA5 #A53776

split-complementary

#A59D37 #3776A5 #6637A5

monochromatic

#494618 #777128 #A59D37 #C6BD53 #D5CF81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A59D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#A59D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59D37

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59D37	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.122 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b973',
    500: '#a59d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59d37;
$custom-light: #c3b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.636,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68345,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59D37

secondary

#797EBF

accent

#58DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59D37

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

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