#A59950#A59950

#A59950 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.095 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59950
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 51.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, -5.61, 39.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 40.00, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% -0.0168 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.095 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3571, 31.3620, 12.1476)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59950 #505CA5

analogous

#A56E50 #A59950 #87A550

triadic

#A59950 #50A599 #9950A5

tetradic

#A59950 #50A56E #505CA5 #A55087

square

#A59950 #50A56E #505CA5 #A55087

split-complementary

#A59950 #5087A5 #6E50A5

monochromatic

#534D28 #7C733C #A59950 #BCB276 #D0C99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A59950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#A59950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59950

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59950	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5954A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.095 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b683',
    500: '#a59950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59950;
$custom-light: #c1b683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.529,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67749,
    "c": 0.09537,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59950

secondary

#9399BD

accent

#6DCB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59950

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

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