#A59561#A59561

#A59561 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.073 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59561
RGB	rgb(165, 149, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 27%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 41%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 41.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, -1.68, 29.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 29.66, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0038 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.073 93)
XYZ	xyz(28.4228, 30.3583, 15.6695)
Luminance	0.3036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59561 #6171A5

analogous

#A57361 #A59561 #93A561

triadic

#A59561 #61A595 #9561A5

tetradic

#A59561 #61A573 #6171A5 #A56193

square

#A59561 #61A573 #6171A5 #A56193

split-complementary

#A59561 #6193A5 #7361A5

monochromatic

#595033 #807349 #A59561 #BBAF88 #D1C9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#A59561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#A59561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59561

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59561	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0935D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 149, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.073 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b48e',
    500: '#a59561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59561;
$custom-light: #c1b48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 27.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67155,
    "c": 0.07272,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.30357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59561

secondary

#A2A9C0

accent

#7BC464

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59561

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

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