#A59B4B#A59B4B

#A59B4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.102 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59B4B
RGB	rgb(165, 155, 75)
HSL	hsl(53, 38%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 54.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -7.12, 42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 43.27, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.0217 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.102 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5093, 31.9510, 11.3207)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59B4B #4B55A5

analogous

#A56E4B #A59B4B #82A54B

triadic

#A59B4B #4BA59B #9B4BA5

tetradic

#A59B4B #4BA56E #4B55A5 #A54B82

square

#A59B4B #4BA56E #4B55A5 #A54B82

split-complementary

#A59B4B #4B82A5 #6E4BA5

monochromatic

#514C25 #7B7338 #A59B4B #BEB56F #D1CB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A59B4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#A59B4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59B4B

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59B4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59B4B	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59b4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 155, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.102 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b880',
    500: '#a59b4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59b4b;
$custom-light: #c2b880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59b4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68119,
    "c": 0.10243,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59B4B

secondary

#8F94BD

accent

#67CD5A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59B4B

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

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