#A59E70#A59E70

#A59E70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.064 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59E70
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 112)
HSL	hsl(52, 23%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 32%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 32.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, -4.74, 25.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 25.45, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% -0.0116 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.064 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6688, 33.6236, 20.2005)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59E70 #7077A5

analogous

#A58470 #A59E70 #92A570

triadic

#A59E70 #70A59E #9E70A5

tetradic

#A59E70 #70A584 #7077A5 #A57092

square

#A59E70 #70A584 #7077A5 #A57092

split-complementary

#A59E70 #7092A5 #8470A5

monochromatic

#5F5A3C #847E53 #A59E70 #BDB796 #D4D1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A59E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#A59E70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59E70

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59E70	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)

#A79B6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99E72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.064 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ba99',
    500: '#a59e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59e70;
$custom-light: #c0ba99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 22.747,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69372,
    "c": 0.0635,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59E70

secondary

#ADB0C4

accent

#74BF69

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59E70

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

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