#A59C8A#A59C8A

#A59C8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.028 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59C8A
RGB	rgb(165, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(40, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 16.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, 0.17, 10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 10.61, 89.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.0026 0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.028 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9927, 33.6118, 28.8422)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59C8A #8A93A5

analogous

#A58F8A #A59C8A #A1A58A

triadic

#A59C8A #8AA59C #9C8AA5

tetradic

#A59C8A #8AA58F #8A93A5 #A58AA1

square

#A59C8A #8AA58F #8A93A5 #A58AA1

split-complementary

#A59C8A #8AA1A5 #8F8AA5

monochromatic

#665E4F #897E69 #A59C8A #C0B9AD #DAD7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A59C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#A59C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59C8A

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59C8A	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.028 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9ac',
    500: '#a59c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59c8a;
$custom-light: #bfb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69539,
    "c": 0.02764,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59C8A

secondary

#C0C4CB

accent

#89B672

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59C8A

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

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