#A59949#A59949

#A59949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.102 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59949
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 55.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -6.22, 43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 43.45, 98.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.0193 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.102 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1118, 31.2639, 10.8558)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59949 #4955A5

analogous

#A56B49 #A59949 #83A549

triadic

#A59949 #49A599 #9949A5

tetradic

#A59949 #49A56B #4955A5 #A54983

square

#A59949 #49A56B #4955A5 #A54983

split-complementary

#A59949 #4983A5 #6B49A5

monochromatic

#504A23 #7B7236 #A59949 #BEB46D #D1CA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A59949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A59949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59949

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59949	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.102 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b67e',
    500: '#a59949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59949;
$custom-light: #c2b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 38.655,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67657,
    "c": 0.10241,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59949

secondary

#8D93BD

accent

#69CF59

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59949

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

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