#A59F4E#A59F4E

#A59F4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.104 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59F4E
RGB	rgb(165, 159, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 52.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, -9.00, 42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 43.48, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0267 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.104 105)
XYZ	xyz(29.2912, 33.3466, 12.0998)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59F4E #4E54A5

analogous

#A5734E #A59F4E #7FA54E

triadic

#A59F4E #4EA59F #9F4EA5

tetradic

#A59F4E #4EA573 #4E54A5 #A54E7F

square

#A59F4E #4EA573 #4E54A5 #A54E7F

split-complementary

#A59F4E #4E7FA5 #734EA5

monochromatic

#524F27 #7B773A #A59F4E #BDB873 #D1CD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A59F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#A59F4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59F4E

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59F4E	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 159, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.104 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bb82',
    500: '#a59f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59f4e;
$custom-light: #c2bb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69034,
    "c": 0.1036,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.33346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59F4E

secondary

#9194BD

accent

#64CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59F4E

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

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