#A9953D#A9953D

#A9953D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.110 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9953D
RGB	rgb(169, 149, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 63.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, -3.20, 47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 47.97, 93.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% -0.0124 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.11 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9532, 30.2682, 8.7839)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9953D #3D51A9

analogous

#A95F3D #A9953D #87A93D

triadic

#A9953D #3DA995 #953DA9

tetradic

#A9953D #3DA95F #3D51A9 #A93D87

square

#A9953D #3DA95F #3D51A9 #A93D87

split-complementary

#A9953D #3D87A9 #5F3DA9

monochromatic

#4F461D #7C6D2D #A9953D #C5B25E #D5C78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#A9953D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#A9953D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9953D

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9953D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9953D	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9953d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 149, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.110 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b376',
    500: '#a9953d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9953d;
$custom-light: #c5b376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9953d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67036,
    "c": 0.11003,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9953D

secondary

#828DC0

accent

#6AD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9953D

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

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