#A59C49#A59C49

#A59C49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.105 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59C49
RGB	rgb(165, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 55.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, -7.83, 43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 44.65, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.0239 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.105 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6090, 32.2583, 11.0215)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59C49 #4952A5

analogous

#A56E49 #A59C49 #80A549

triadic

#A59C49 #49A59C #9C49A5

tetradic

#A59C49 #49A56E #4952A5 #A54980

square

#A59C49 #49A56E #4952A5 #A54980

split-complementary

#A59C49 #4980A5 #6E49A5

monochromatic

#504C23 #7B7436 #A59C49 #BEB66D #D1CB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A59C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#A59C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59C49

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59C49	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.105 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b97e',
    500: '#a59c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59c49;
$custom-light: #c2b97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.13,
    "s": 38.655,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68313,
    "c": 0.10539,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59C49

secondary

#8D91BD

accent

#65CF59

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59C49

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

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