#A59B59#A59B59

#A59B59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.088 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59B59
RGB	rgb(165, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 46%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 46.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, -5.81, 35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 36.25, 99.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% -0.0164 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.088 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0423, 32.1642, 14.1277)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59B59 #5963A5

analogous

#A57559 #A59B59 #89A559

triadic

#A59B59 #59A59B #9B59A5

tetradic

#A59B59 #59A575 #5963A5 #A55989

square

#A59B59 #59A575 #5963A5 #A55989

split-complementary

#A59B59 #5989A5 #7559A5

monochromatic

#55502E #7D7644 #A59B59 #BBB380 #D0CBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A59B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#A59B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59B59

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59B59	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.088 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b889',
    500: '#a59b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59b59;
$custom-light: #c1b889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 29.921,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68315,
    "c": 0.08769,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59B59

secondary

#9CA0BE

accent

#6FC662

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#12110B

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59B59

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

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