#A59E33#A59E33

#A59E33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.126 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59E33
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 69.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, -10.40, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 55.18, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% -0.0338 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.126 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3425, 32.6931, 7.9488)
Luminance	0.3269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59E33 #333AA5

analogous

#A56533 #A59E33 #73A533

triadic

#A59E33 #33A59E #9E33A5

tetradic

#A59E33 #33A565 #333AA5 #A53373

square

#A59E33 #33A565 #333AA5 #A53373

split-complementary

#A59E33 #3373A5 #6533A5

monochromatic

#484416 #767125 #A59E33 #C8C04D #D6D17C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A59E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#A59E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59E33

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59E33	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)

#AC9823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.126 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ba71',
    500: '#a59e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59e33;
$custom-light: #c3ba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.316,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68532,
    "c": 0.12583,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59E33

secondary

#7579BF

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59E33

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

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