#A59E2D#A59E2D

#A59E2D 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	#A59E2D
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 72.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -10.72, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 57.48, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% -0.0353 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.13 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2187, 32.6436, 7.2965)
Luminance	0.3264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59E2D #2D34A5

analogous

#A5622D #A59E2D #70A52D

triadic

#A59E2D #2DA59E #9E2DA5

tetradic

#A59E2D #2DA562 #2D34A5 #A52D70

square

#A59E2D #2DA562 #2D34A5 #A52D70

split-complementary

#A59E2D #2D70A5 #622DA5

monochromatic

#454213 #757020 #A59E2D #CCC443 #D9D373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A59E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#A59E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59E2D

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59E2D	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)

#AC9819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.130 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ba6e',
    500: '#a59e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59e2d;
$custom-light: #c3ba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68487,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59E2D

secondary

#6D72C1

accent

#50E047

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59E2D

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

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