#A59B79#A59B79

#A59B79 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.049 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59B79
RGB	rgb(165, 155, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 20%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 27%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 26.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -1.88, 19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 19.28, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.0031 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.049 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6897, 32.8232, 22.8043)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59B79 #7983A5

analogous

#A58579 #A59B79 #99A579

triadic

#A59B79 #79A59B #9B79A5

tetradic

#A59B79 #79A585 #7983A5 #A57999

square

#A59B79 #79A585 #7983A5 #A57999

split-complementary

#A59B79 #7999A5 #8579A5

monochromatic

#625B42 #867C5A #A59B79 #BEB69E #D6D2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A59B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#A59B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59B79

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59B79	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29977

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 155, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.049 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b8a0',
    500: '#a59b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59b79;
$custom-light: #c0b8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 19.643,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68918,
    "c": 0.04877,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59B79

secondary

#B4B8C6

accent

#7EBC6C

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59B79

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

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