#A59F2C#A59F2C

#A59F2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.131 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59F2C
RGB	rgb(165, 159, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 73.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, -11.29, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 58.21, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.037 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.131 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3709, 32.9785, 7.2534)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59F2C #2C32A5

analogous

#A5622C #A59F2C #6EA52C

triadic

#A59F2C #2CA59F #9F2CA5

tetradic

#A59F2C #2CA562 #2C32A5 #A52C6E

square

#A59F2C #2CA562 #2C32A5 #A52C6E

split-complementary

#A59F2C #2C6EA5 #622CA5

monochromatic

#444212 #75701F #A59F2C #CDC642 #D9D472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A59F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#A59F2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59F2C

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59F2C	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 159, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.131 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bb6e',
    500: '#a59f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59f2c;
$custom-light: #c3bb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.025,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68702,
    "c": 0.13141,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59F2C

secondary

#6C70C1

accent

#4EE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59F2C

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

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