#A59E35#A59E35

#A59E35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.124 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59E35
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 67.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, -10.29, 53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 54.38, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0333 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.124 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3876, 32.7111, 8.1860)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59E35 #353CA5

analogous

#A56635 #A59E35 #74A535

triadic

#A59E35 #35A59E #9E35A5

tetradic

#A59E35 #35A566 #353CA5 #A53574

square

#A59E35 #35A566 #353CA5 #A53574

split-complementary

#A59E35 #3574A5 #6635A5

monochromatic

#484517 #777226 #A59E35 #C7BF50 #D6D07F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A59E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#A59E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59E35

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59E35	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	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)

#AC9826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.124 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ba72',
    500: '#a59e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59e35;
$custom-light: #c3ba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68548,
    "c": 0.1244,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59E35

secondary

#777BBF

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59E35

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →