#A59F5B#A59F5B

#A59F5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.090 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59F5B
RGB	rgb(165, 159, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 45%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 44.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -7.75, 36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 36.96, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0218 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.09 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8042, 33.5518, 14.8016)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59F5B #5B61A5

analogous

#A57A5B #A59F5B #86A55B

triadic

#A59F5B #5BA59F #9F5BA5

tetradic

#A59F5B #5BA57A #5B61A5 #A55B86

square

#A59F5B #5BA57A #5B61A5 #A55B86

split-complementary

#A59F5B #5B86A5 #7A5BA5

monochromatic

#56532F #7E7945 #A59F5B #BBB683 #D0CDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A59F5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#A59F5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59F5B

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59F5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59F5B	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59f5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 159, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.090 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bb8b',
    500: '#a59f5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59f5b;
$custom-light: #c1bb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59f5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 29.134,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69218,
    "c": 0.08977,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59F5B

secondary

#9DA0BE

accent

#6AC562

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59F5B

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

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