#A59F70#A59F70

#A59F70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.065 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59F70
RGB	rgb(165, 159, 112)
HSL	hsl(53, 23%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 32%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 32.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -5.28, 25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 25.91, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.0131 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.065 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8401, 33.9661, 20.2576)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59F70 #7076A5

analogous

#A58570 #A59F70 #91A570

triadic

#A59F70 #70A59F #9F70A5

tetradic

#A59F70 #70A585 #7076A5 #A57091

square

#A59F70 #70A585 #7076A5 #A57091

split-complementary

#A59F70 #7091A5 #8570A5

monochromatic

#5F5B3C #847F53 #A59F70 #BDB896 #D4D1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A59F70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A59F70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59F70

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59F70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59F70	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89C6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9F72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59f70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 159, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.065 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bb99',
    500: '#a59f70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59f70;
$custom-light: #c0bb99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59f70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.208,
    "s": 22.747,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69588,
    "c": 0.06463,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59F70

secondary

#ADB0C4

accent

#72BF69

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59F70

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

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