#A9903B#A9903B

#A9903B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.108 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9903B
RGB	rgb(169, 144, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 65.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, -0.61, 47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 47.30, 90.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% -0.0052 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.108 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1262, 28.6988, 8.2474)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9903B #3B54A9

analogous

#A9593B #A9903B #8BA93B

triadic

#A9903B #3BA990 #903BA9

tetradic

#A9903B #3BA959 #3B54A9 #A93B8B

square

#A9903B #3BA959 #3B54A9 #A93B8B

split-complementary

#A9903B #3B8BA9 #593BA9

monochromatic

#4E431B #7C692B #A9903B #C6AE5B #D6C489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A9903B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#A9903B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9903B

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9903B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9903B	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9903b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 144, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.108 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b075',
    500: '#a9903b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9903b;
$custom-light: #c6b075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9903b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65947,
    "c": 0.10795,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9903B

secondary

#808EC0

accent

#6FD850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9903B

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

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