#A59F71#A59F71

#A59F71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.063 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59F71
RGB	rgb(165, 159, 113)
HSL	hsl(53, 22%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 32%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 31.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -5.15, 24.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 25.38, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0127 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.063 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8961, 33.9885, 20.5525)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59F71 #7177A5

analogous

#A58571 #A59F71 #91A571

triadic

#A59F71 #71A59F #9F71A5

tetradic

#A59F71 #71A585 #7177A5 #A57191

square

#A59F71 #71A585 #7177A5 #A57191

split-complementary

#A59F71 #7191A5 #8571A5

monochromatic

#5F5B3C #857F54 #A59F71 #BDB896 #D4D2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A59F71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A59F71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59F71

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59F71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59F71	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79C6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99F73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59f71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 159, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.063 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bb9a',
    500: '#a59f71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59f71;
$custom-light: #c0bb9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59f71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 22.414,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69607,
    "c": 0.06337,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59F71

secondary

#AEB0C4

accent

#73BF69

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59F71

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

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