#A59F2B#A59F2B

#A59F2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.132 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59F2B
RGB	rgb(165, 159, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 73.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, -11.34, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 58.57, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0372 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.132 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3524, 32.9711, 7.1556)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59F2B #2B31A5

analogous

#A5622B #A59F2B #6EA52B

triadic

#A59F2B #2BA59F #9F2BA5

tetradic

#A59F2B #2BA562 #2B31A5 #A52B6E

square

#A59F2B #2BA562 #2B31A5 #A52B6E

split-complementary

#A59F2B #2B6EA5 #622BA5

monochromatic

#444112 #74701E #A59F2B #CDC640 #DAD571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A59F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#A59F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59F2B

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59F2B	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 159, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.132 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bb6d',
    500: '#a59f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59f2b;
$custom-light: #c3bb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68695,
    "c": 0.13202,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59F2B

secondary

#6B6FC1

accent

#4EE246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59F2B

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

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