#A59973#A59973

#A59973 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.054 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59973
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 115)
HSL	hsl(46, 22%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 30%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 30.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, -1.62, 21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 21.67, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0025 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.054 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0031, 32.0204, 20.8164)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59973 #737FA5

analogous

#A58073 #A59973 #98A573

triadic

#A59973 #73A599 #9973A5

tetradic

#A59973 #73A580 #737FA5 #A57398

square

#A59973 #73A580 #737FA5 #A57398

split-complementary

#A59973 #7398A5 #8073A5

monochromatic

#60583E #857A56 #A59973 #BDB498 #D5CFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A59973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#A59973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59973

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59973	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49B74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.054 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b79b',
    500: '#a59973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59973;
$custom-light: #c0b79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6836,
    "c": 0.05447,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59973

secondary

#AFB4C4

accent

#7EBE6A

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59973

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

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