#A59E2C#A59E2C

#A59E2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.130 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59E2C
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 73.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -10.76, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 57.85, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0355 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.13 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1997, 32.6359, 7.1963)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59E2C #2C33A5

analogous

#A5612C #A59E2C #6FA52C

triadic

#A59E2C #2CA59E #9E2CA5

tetradic

#A59E2C #2CA561 #2C33A5 #A52C6F

square

#A59E2C #2CA561 #2C33A5 #A52C6F

split-complementary

#A59E2C #2C6FA5 #612CA5

monochromatic

#444112 #75701F #A59E2C #CDC442 #D9D372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A59E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#A59E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59E2C

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59E2C	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)

#AC9817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.130 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ba6e',
    500: '#a59e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59e2c;
$custom-light: #c3ba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.529,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6848,
    "c": 0.13047,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59E2C

secondary

#6C71C1

accent

#50E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59E2C

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

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