#A59A4E#A59A4E

#A59A4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.098 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59A4E
RGB	rgb(165, 154, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 52.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, -6.33, 40.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 41.40, 98.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.0191 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.098 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4487, 31.6616, 11.8190)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59A4E #4E59A5

analogous

#A56F4E #A59A4E #84A54E

triadic

#A59A4E #4EA59A #9A4EA5

tetradic

#A59A4E #4EA56F #4E59A5 #A54E84

square

#A59A4E #4EA56F #4E59A5 #A54E84

split-complementary

#A59A4E #4E84A5 #6F4EA5

monochromatic

#524C27 #7B733A #A59A4E #BDB473 #D1CA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A59A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#A59A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59A4E

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59A4E	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 154, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.098 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b782',
    500: '#a59a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59a4e;
$custom-light: #c2b782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.414,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67939,
    "c": 0.09842,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59A4E

secondary

#9197BD

accent

#6ACC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59A4E

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

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