#A59955#A59955

#A59955 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.090 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59955
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 48.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, -5.13, 37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 37.47, 97.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.0149 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.09 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5488, 31.4387, 13.1570)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59955 #5561A5

analogous

#A57155 #A59955 #89A555

triadic

#A59955 #55A599 #9955A5

tetradic

#A59955 #55A571 #5561A5 #A55589

square

#A59955 #55A571 #5561A5 #A55589

split-complementary

#A59955 #5589A5 #7155A5

monochromatic

#544E2B #7D7440 #A59955 #BBB27C #D0CAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A59955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#A59955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59955

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59955	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5954F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.090 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b686',
    500: '#a59955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59955;
$custom-light: #c1b686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6782,
    "c": 0.09006,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59955

secondary

#989EBE

accent

#6FC860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59955

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

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