#A59E2B#A59E2B

#A59E2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.131 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59E2B
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 73.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, -10.81, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 58.21, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.0358 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.131 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1811, 32.6285, 7.0985)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59E2B #2B32A5

analogous

#A5612B #A59E2B #6FA52B

triadic

#A59E2B #2BA59E #9E2BA5

tetradic

#A59E2B #2BA561 #2B32A5 #A52B6F

square

#A59E2B #2BA561 #2B32A5 #A52B6F

split-complementary

#A59E2B #2B6FA5 #612BA5

monochromatic

#444112 #74701E #A59E2B #CDC540 #DAD471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A59E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#A59E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59E2B

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59E2B	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.131 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ba6d',
    500: '#a59e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59e2b;
$custom-light: #c3ba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.557,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68473,
    "c": 0.13108,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59E2B

secondary

#6B70C1

accent

#4FE246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59E2B

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

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