#A59F31#A59F31

#A59F31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.128 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59F31
RGB	rgb(165, 159, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 70.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, -11.04, 55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 56.34, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0358 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.128 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4707, 33.0184, 7.7786)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59F31 #3137A5

analogous

#A56531 #A59F31 #71A531

triadic

#A59F31 #31A59F #9F31A5

tetradic

#A59F31 #31A565 #3137A5 #A53171

square

#A59F31 #31A565 #3137A5 #A53171

split-complementary

#A59F31 #3171A5 #6531A5

monochromatic

#474415 #767223 #A59F31 #C9C34A #D7D279

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A59F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#A59F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59F31

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59F31	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)

#AD9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 159, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.128 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bb70',
    500: '#a59f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59f31;
$custom-light: #c3bb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68738,
    "c": 0.12819,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59F31

secondary

#7276C0

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59F31

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

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