#A9923B#A9923B

#A9923B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.109 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9923B
RGB	rgb(169, 146, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 65.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, -1.70, 47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 47.91, 92.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% -0.0083 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.109 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4318, 29.3100, 8.3493)
Luminance	0.2931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9923B #3B52A9

analogous

#A95B3B #A9923B #89A93B

triadic

#A9923B #3BA992 #923BA9

tetradic

#A9923B #3BA95B #3B52A9 #A93B89

square

#A9923B #3BA95B #3B52A9 #A93B89

split-complementary

#A9923B #3B89A9 #5B3BA9

monochromatic

#4E441B #7C6B2B #A9923B #C6B05B #D6C689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#A9923B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#A9923B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9923B

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9923B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9923B	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9923b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 146, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.109 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b175',
    500: '#a9923b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9923b;
$custom-light: #c6b175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9923b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.455,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66373,
    "c": 0.10939,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9923B

secondary

#808DC0

accent

#6CD850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9923B

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

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