#A59D8A#A59D8A

#A59D8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.029 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59D8A
RGB	rgb(165, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(42, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 16.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -0.38, 10.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 11.00, 91.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% 0.0011 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.029 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1612, 33.9487, 28.8984)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59D8A #8A92A5

analogous

#A5908A #A59D8A #A0A58A

triadic

#A59D8A #8AA59D #9D8AA5

tetradic

#A59D8A #8AA590 #8A92A5 #A58AA0

square

#A59D8A #8AA590 #8A92A5 #A58AA0

split-complementary

#A59D8A #8AA0A5 #908AA5

monochromatic

#665F4F #897F69 #A59D8A #C0BAAD #DAD7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A59D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A59D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59D8A

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59D8A	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.029 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9ac',
    500: '#a59d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59d8a;
$custom-light: #bfb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.222,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6975,
    "c": 0.0285,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59D8A

secondary

#C0C3CB

accent

#86B672

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59D8A

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

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