#A59F33#A59F33

#A59F33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.127 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59F33
RGB	rgb(165, 159, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 69.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -10.93, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 55.56, 101.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.0353 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.127 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5138, 33.0356, 8.0059)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59F33 #3339A5

analogous

#A56633 #A59F33 #72A533

triadic

#A59F33 #33A59F #9F33A5

tetradic

#A59F33 #33A566 #3339A5 #A53372

square

#A59F33 #33A566 #3339A5 #A53372

split-complementary

#A59F33 #3372A5 #6633A5

monochromatic

#484516 #767225 #A59F33 #C8C24D #D6D27C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A59F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#A59F33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59F33

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59F33	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 159, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.127 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bb71',
    500: '#a59f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59f33;
$custom-light: #c3bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68753,
    "c": 0.12681,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59F33

secondary

#7578BF

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59F33

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

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