#A59F2F#A59F2F

#A59F2F 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	#A59F2F
RGB	rgb(165, 159, 47)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 71.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, -11.14, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 57.10, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.0363 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.13 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4294, 33.0019, 7.5612)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59F2F #2F35A5

analogous

#A5642F #A59F2F #70A52F

triadic

#A59F2F #2FA59F #9F2FA5

tetradic

#A59F2F #2FA564 #2F35A5 #A52F70

square

#A59F2F #2FA564 #2F35A5 #A52F70

split-complementary

#A59F2F #2F70A5 #642FA5

monochromatic

#464314 #757121 #A59F2F #CBC447 #D8D376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A59F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#A59F2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59F2F

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59F2F	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)

#AD991C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 159, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.130 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bb6f',
    500: '#a59f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59f2f;
$custom-light: #c3bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.949,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68723,
    "c": 0.12951,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59F2F

secondary

#7074C0

accent

#50DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59F2F

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

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