#A59669#A59669

#A59669 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.064 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59669
RGB	rgb(165, 150, 105)
HSL	hsl(45, 25%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 36%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 36.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -1.28, 25.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 25.81, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.002 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.064 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9737, 30.8329, 17.7870)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59669 #6978A5

analogous

#A57869 #A59669 #96A569

triadic

#A59669 #69A596 #9669A5

tetradic

#A59669 #69A578 #6978A5 #A56996

square

#A59669 #69A578 #6978A5 #A56996

split-complementary

#A59669 #6996A5 #7869A5

monochromatic

#5C5337 #82754E #A59669 #BCB18F #D3CCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A59669 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#A59669 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59669

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59669	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59669	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3996A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59669;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 150, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.064 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b494',
    500: '#a59669',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59669;
$custom-light: #c0b494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59669",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67517,
    "c": 0.06408,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59669

secondary

#A8AEC2

accent

#7DC166

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F1

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110D

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59669

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

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