#A3986B#A3986B

#A3986B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.063 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3986B
RGB	rgb(163, 152, 107)
HSL	hsl(48, 23%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 34%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 34.4%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -2.95, 25.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 25.35, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.0066 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.063 96)
XYZ	xyz(28.9867, 31.3053, 18.4227)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3986B #6B76A3

analogous

#A37C6B #A3986B #92A36B

triadic

#A3986B #6BA398 #986BA3

tetradic

#A3986B #6BA37C #6B76A3 #A36B92

square

#A3986B #6BA37C #6B76A3 #A36B92

split-complementary

#A3986B #6B92A3 #7C6BA3

monochromatic

#5B5439 #817750 #A3986B #BAB291 #D2CDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A3986B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#A3986B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3986B

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3986B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3986B	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4996D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3986b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 152, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.063 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb695',
    500: '#a3986b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3986b;
$custom-light: #bfb695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3986b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 23.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.678,
    "c": 0.06306,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.31305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3986B

secondary

#A9AEC1

accent

#79C068

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110D

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3986B

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

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