#A59E4E#A59E4E

#A59E4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.103 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59E4E
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 52.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, -8.46, 42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 43.05, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.0252 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.103 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1199, 33.0040, 12.0427)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59E4E #4E55A5

analogous

#A5724E #A59E4E #81A54E

triadic

#A59E4E #4EA59E #9E4EA5

tetradic

#A59E4E #4EA572 #4E55A5 #A54E81

square

#A59E4E #4EA572 #4E55A5 #A54E81

split-complementary

#A59E4E #4E81A5 #724EA5

monochromatic

#524E27 #7B763A #A59E4E #BDB773 #D1CC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A59E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#A59E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59E4E

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59E4E	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.103 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ba82',
    500: '#a59e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59e4e;
$custom-light: #c2ba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.172,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68814,
    "c": 0.10254,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59E4E

secondary

#9195BD

accent

#65CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59E4E

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

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