#A59F35#A59F35

#A59F35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.125 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59F35
RGB	rgb(165, 159, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 67.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, -10.82, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 54.76, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.0348 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.125 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5589, 33.0536, 8.2431)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59F35 #353BA5

analogous

#A56735 #A59F35 #73A535

triadic

#A59F35 #35A59F #9F35A5

tetradic

#A59F35 #35A567 #353BA5 #A53573

square

#A59F35 #35A567 #353BA5 #A53573

split-complementary

#A59F35 #3573A5 #6735A5

monochromatic

#484617 #777226 #A59F35 #C7C150 #D6D17F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A59F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#A59F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59F35

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59F35	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)

#AC9926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 159, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.125 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bb72',
    500: '#a59f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59f35;
$custom-light: #c3bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.786,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6877,
    "c": 0.12538,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59F35

secondary

#777BBF

accent

#55DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59F35

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

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