#A59956#A59956

#A59956 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.089 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59956
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 47.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, -5.03, 36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 36.96, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.0145 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.089 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5888, 31.4547, 13.3677)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59956 #5662A5

analogous

#A57256 #A59956 #8AA556

triadic

#A59956 #56A599 #9956A5

tetradic

#A59956 #56A572 #5662A5 #A5568A

square

#A59956 #56A572 #5662A5 #A5568A

split-complementary

#A59956 #568AA5 #7256A5

monochromatic

#554E2C #7D7441 #A59956 #BBB27D #D0CAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A59956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#A59956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59956

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59956	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)

#A49650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.089 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b687',
    500: '#a59956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59956;
$custom-light: #c1b687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.886,
    "s": 31.474,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67835,
    "c": 0.08897,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59956

secondary

#999FBE

accent

#70C860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#12110B

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59956

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

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