#A59E2F#A59E2F

#A59E2F 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	#A59E2F
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 47)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 71.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, -10.62, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 56.73, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.0348 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.129 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2581, 32.6593, 7.5041)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59E2F #2F36A5

analogous

#A5632F #A59E2F #71A52F

triadic

#A59E2F #2FA59E #9E2FA5

tetradic

#A59E2F #2FA563 #2F36A5 #A52F71

square

#A59E2F #2FA563 #2F36A5 #A52F71

split-complementary

#A59E2F #2F71A5 #632FA5

monochromatic

#464314 #757021 #A59E2F #CBC347 #D8D276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A59E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#A59E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59E2F

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59E2F	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)

#AC981D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.129 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ba6f',
    500: '#a59e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59e2f;
$custom-light: #c3ba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.441,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68501,
    "c": 0.12856,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59E2F

secondary

#7074C0

accent

#52DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59E2F

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

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