#A59D4E#A59D4E

#A59D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.101 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59D4E
RGB	rgb(165, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 52.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, -7.93, 41.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 42.63, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0237 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.101 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9500, 32.6643, 11.9861)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59D4E #4E56A5

analogous

#A5724E #A59D4E #81A54E

triadic

#A59D4E #4EA59D #9D4EA5

tetradic

#A59D4E #4EA572 #4E56A5 #A54E81

square

#A59D4E #4EA572 #4E56A5 #A54E81

split-complementary

#A59D4E #4E81A5 #724EA5

monochromatic

#524E27 #7B753A #A59D4E #BDB673 #D1CC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A59D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#A59D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59D4E

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59D4E	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.101 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b982',
    500: '#a59d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59d4e;
$custom-light: #c2b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.483,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68595,
    "c": 0.10148,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59D4E

secondary

#9195BD

accent

#66CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59D4E

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

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