#A59E7C#A59E7C

#A59E7C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.048 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59E7C
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 124)
HSL	hsl(50, 19%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 25%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 24.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, -3.08, 18.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 18.98, 99.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0065 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.048 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3820, 33.9089, 23.9568)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59E7C #7C83A5

analogous

#A58A7C #A59E7C #98A57C

triadic

#A59E7C #7CA59E #9E7CA5

tetradic

#A59E7C #7CA58A #7C83A5 #A57C98

square

#A59E7C #7CA58A #7C83A5 #A57C98

split-complementary

#A59E7C #7C98A5 #8A7CA5

monochromatic

#635D44 #87805D #A59E7C #BEB9A0 #D7D4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A59E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A59E7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59E7C

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59E7C	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59C7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79F7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.048 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0baa2',
    500: '#a59e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59e7c;
$custom-light: #c0baa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 18.552,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69626,
    "c": 0.04802,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59E7C

secondary

#B6B9C7

accent

#7ABB6D

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110F

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59E7C

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

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