#A59656#A59656

#A59656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.086 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59656
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 47.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.07, -3.41, 35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.07, 35.77, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% -0.0098 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.086 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1039, 30.4850, 13.2061)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59656 #5665A5

analogous

#A56F56 #A59656 #8DA556

triadic

#A59656 #56A596 #9656A5

tetradic

#A59656 #56A56F #5665A5 #A5568D

square

#A59656 #56A56F #5665A5 #A5568D

split-complementary

#A59656 #568DA5 #6F56A5

monochromatic

#554D2C #7D7141 #A59656 #BBAF7D #D0C8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A59656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#A59656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59656

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59656	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.086 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b487',
    500: '#a59656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59656;
$custom-light: #c1b487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.608,
    "s": 31.474,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67187,
    "c": 0.08609,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59656

secondary

#99A0BE

accent

#74C860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#12110B

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59656

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

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