#A59F2E#A59F2E

#A59F2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.130 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59F2E
RGB	rgb(165, 159, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 72.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, -11.19, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 57.48, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.0365 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.13 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4095, 32.9939, 7.4562)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59F2E #2E34A5

analogous

#A5642E #A59F2E #70A52E

triadic

#A59F2E #2EA59F #9F2EA5

tetradic

#A59F2E #2EA564 #2E34A5 #A52E70

square

#A59F2E #2EA564 #2E34A5 #A52E70

split-complementary

#A59F2E #2E70A5 #642EA5

monochromatic

#454313 #757121 #A59F2E #CBC445 #D8D375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A59F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#A59F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59F2E

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59F2E	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)

#AD991A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 159, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.130 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bb6f',
    500: '#a59f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59f2e;
$custom-light: #c3bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.975,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68716,
    "c": 0.13017,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59F2E

secondary

#6F73C0

accent

#50E048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59F2E

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

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