#A59261#A59261

#A59261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.070 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59261
RGB	rgb(165, 146, 97)
HSL	hsl(43, 27%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 41%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 41.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, -0.04, 28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 28.56, 90.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% 0.001 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.07 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9543, 29.4212, 15.5133)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59261 #6174A5

analogous

#A57061 #A59261 #96A561

triadic

#A59261 #61A592 #9261A5

tetradic

#A59261 #61A570 #6174A5 #A56196

square

#A59261 #61A570 #6174A5 #A56196

split-complementary

#A59261 #6196A5 #7061A5

monochromatic

#594E33 #807149 #A59261 #BBAD88 #D1C8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#A59261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#A59261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A59261

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59261	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D905D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 146, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.070 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b18e',
    500: '#a59261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59261;
$custom-light: #c1b18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.235,
    "s": 27.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66515,
    "c": 0.07021,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59261

secondary

#A2AAC0

accent

#7FC464

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F5F0

border

#D1CFCB

text

#12100C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59261

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

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