#A59E32#A59E32

#A59E32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.127 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59E32
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 69.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -10.46, 54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 55.58, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0341 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.127 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3207, 32.6844, 7.8339)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59E32 #3239A5

analogous

#A56532 #A59E32 #72A532

triadic

#A59E32 #32A59E #9E32A5

tetradic

#A59E32 #32A565 #3239A5 #A53272

square

#A59E32 #32A565 #3239A5 #A53272

split-complementary

#A59E32 #3272A5 #6532A5

monochromatic

#474416 #767124 #A59E32 #C9C14C #D7D17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A59E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#A59E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59E32

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59E32	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.127 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ba71',
    500: '#a59e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59e32;
$custom-light: #c3ba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.348,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68524,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59E32

secondary

#7378BF

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59E32

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

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