#A59E31#A59E31

#A59E31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.127 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59E31
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 70.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -10.51, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 55.97, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0343 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.127 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2994, 32.6758, 7.7215)
Luminance	0.3267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59E31 #3138A5

analogous

#A56431 #A59E31 #72A531

triadic

#A59E31 #31A59E #9E31A5

tetradic

#A59E31 #31A564 #3138A5 #A53172

square

#A59E31 #31A564 #3138A5 #A53172

split-complementary

#A59E31 #3172A5 #6431A5

monochromatic

#474415 #767123 #A59E31 #C9C24A #D7D279

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A59E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#A59E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59E31

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59E31	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)

#AC9820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.127 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ba70',
    500: '#a59e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59e31;
$custom-light: #c3ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.379,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68516,
    "c": 0.12722,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59E31

secondary

#7277C0

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59E31

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

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