#A59E30#A59E30

#A59E30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.128 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59E30
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 48)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 70.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, -10.56, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 56.35, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0346 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.128 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2785, 32.6675, 7.6116)
Luminance	0.3267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59E30 #3037A5

analogous

#A56430 #A59E30 #72A530

triadic

#A59E30 #30A59E #9E30A5

tetradic

#A59E30 #30A564 #3037A5 #A53072

square

#A59E30 #30A564 #3037A5 #A53072

split-complementary

#A59E30 #3072A5 #6430A5

monochromatic

#464314 #767122 #A59E30 #CAC248 #D8D278

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A59E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#A59E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59E30

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59E30	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)

#AC981E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.128 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ba70',
    500: '#a59e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59e30;
$custom-light: #c3ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.41,
    "s": 54.93,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68509,
    "c": 0.12789,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59E30

secondary

#7176C0

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59E30

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

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