#A59A72#A59A72

#A59A72 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.057 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A59A72
RGBrgb(165, 154, 114)
HSLhsl(47, 22%, 55%)
HSVhsv(47, 31%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.7%, 30.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LABlab(63.61, -2.30, 22.50)
CIE-LCHlch(63.61, 22.62, 95.85°)
OKLaboklab(68.55% -0.0045 0.0565)
OKLCHoklch(68.55% 0.057 94.6)
XYZxyz(30.1102, 32.3262, 20.5698)
Luminance0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A59A72 #727DA5
analogous
#A58172 #A59A72 #97A572
triadic
#A59A72 #72A59A #9A72A5
tetradic
#A59A72 #72A581 #727DA5 #A57297
square
#A59A72 #72A581 #727DA5 #A57297
split-complementary
#A59A72 #7297A5 #8172A5
monochromatic
#60583D #857B55 #A59A72 #BDB597 #D5D0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81
#A59A72 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46
#A59A72 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59A72
7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A59A72#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A59A721.002.817.467.46
#FFFFFF2.811.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4621.001.001.00
##0000007.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A2986F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A59C73
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AD948F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a59a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 154, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.057 94.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b79b',
    500: '#a59a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a59a72;
$custom-light: #c0b79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a59a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 22.078,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68553,
    "c": 0.05671,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A59A72
secondary
#AFB3C4
accent
#7CBF69
background
#FBFBF9
surface
#F7F6F2
border
#D0D0CC
text
#12110E
muted
#81807E

Preview Lab

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#A59A72 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva