#A59F37#A59F37

#A59F37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.124 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59F37
RGB	rgb(165, 159, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, -10.70, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 53.94, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.0342 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.124 106)
XYZ	xyz(28.6058, 33.0724, 8.4905)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59F37 #373DA5

analogous

#A56837 #A59F37 #74A537

triadic

#A59F37 #37A59F #9F37A5

tetradic

#A59F37 #37A568 #373DA5 #A53774

square

#A59F37 #37A568 #373DA5 #A53774

split-complementary

#A59F37 #3774A5 #6837A5

monochromatic

#494718 #777328 #A59F37 #C6C053 #D5D181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A59F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#A59F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59F37

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59F37	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)

#AC9929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 159, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.124 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bb74',
    500: '#a59f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59f37;
$custom-light: #c3bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.727,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68787,
    "c": 0.1239,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.33071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59F37

secondary

#797DBF

accent

#56DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59F37

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

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