#A59E2E#A59E2E

#A59E2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.129 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59E2E
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 72.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, -10.67, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 57.11, 100.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% -0.0351 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.129 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2382, 32.6513, 7.3991)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59E2E #2E35A5

analogous

#A5632E #A59E2E #71A52E

triadic

#A59E2E #2EA59E #9E2EA5

tetradic

#A59E2E #2EA563 #2E35A5 #A52E71

square

#A59E2E #2EA563 #2E35A5 #A52E71

split-complementary

#A59E2E #2E71A5 #632EA5

monochromatic

#454213 #757021 #A59E2E #CBC345 #D8D375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A59E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#A59E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59E2E

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59E2E	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)

#AC981B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.129 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ba6f',
    500: '#a59e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59e2e;
$custom-light: #c3ba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68494,
    "c": 0.1292,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59E2E

secondary

#6F73C0

accent

#51E048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59E2E

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

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