#A59B48#A59B48

#A59B48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.105 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59B48
RGB	rgb(165, 155, 72)
HSL	hsl(54, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 56.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -7.37, 44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 44.72, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.0228 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.105 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4090, 31.9109, 10.7926)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59B48 #4852A5

analogous

#A56D48 #A59B48 #81A548

triadic

#A59B48 #48A59B #9B48A5

tetradic

#A59B48 #48A56D #4852A5 #A54881

square

#A59B48 #48A56D #4852A5 #A54881

split-complementary

#A59B48 #4881A5 #6D48A5

monochromatic

#504B23 #7A7335 #A59B48 #BFB66C #D1CB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A59B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#A59B48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59B48

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59B48	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 155, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.105 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b87e',
    500: '#a59b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59b48;
$custom-light: #c2b87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.548,
    "s": 39.241,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68082,
    "c": 0.10534,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59B48

secondary

#8C91BD

accent

#65CF59

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59B48

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

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