#A59F2D#A59F2D

#A59F2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.131 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59F2D
RGB	rgb(165, 159, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 72.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -11.24, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 57.84, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.0368 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.131 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3900, 32.9861, 7.3536)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59F2D #2D33A5

analogous

#A5632D #A59F2D #6FA52D

triadic

#A59F2D #2DA59F #9F2DA5

tetradic

#A59F2D #2DA563 #2D33A5 #A52D6F

square

#A59F2D #2DA563 #2D33A5 #A52D6F

split-complementary

#A59F2D #2D6FA5 #632DA5

monochromatic

#454213 #757120 #A59F2D #CCC543 #D9D473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A59F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#A59F2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59F2D

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59F2D	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)

#AD9919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 159, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.131 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bb6e',
    500: '#a59f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59f2d;
$custom-light: #c3bb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68709,
    "c": 0.1308,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59F2D

secondary

#6D71C1

accent

#4FE047

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59F2D

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

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