#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
RGB	rgb(165, 154, 114)
HSL	hsl(47, 22%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 31%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 30.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -2.30, 22.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 22.62, 95.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0045 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.057 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1102, 32.3262, 20.5698)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##A59A72	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A59A72

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

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