#A59B4E#A59B4E

#A59B4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.099 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59B4E
RGB	rgb(165, 155, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 52.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, -6.86, 41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 41.80, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0206 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.099 102)
XYZ	xyz(28.6144, 31.9931, 11.8742)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59B4E #4E58A5

analogous

#A56F4E #A59B4E #84A54E

triadic

#A59B4E #4EA59B #9B4EA5

tetradic

#A59B4E #4EA56F #4E58A5 #A54E84

square

#A59B4E #4EA56F #4E58A5 #A54E84

split-complementary

#A59B4E #4E84A5 #6F4EA5

monochromatic

#524D27 #7B743A #A59B4E #BDB473 #D1CB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A59B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#A59B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59B4E

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59B4E	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 155, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.099 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b882',
    500: '#a59b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59b4e;
$custom-light: #c2b882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.103,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68157,
    "c": 0.09942,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.31992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59B4E

secondary

#9196BD

accent

#69CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59B4E

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

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