#A9953E#A9953E

#A9953E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.109 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9953E
RGB	rgb(169, 149, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 63.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, -3.14, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 47.52, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% -0.0121 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.109 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9804, 30.2790, 8.9271)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9953E #3E52A9

analogous

#A95F3E #A9953E #87A93E

triadic

#A9953E #3EA995 #953EA9

tetradic

#A9953E #3EA95F #3E52A9 #A93E87

square

#A9953E #3EA95F #3E52A9 #A93E87

split-complementary

#A9953E #3E87A9 #5F3EA9

monochromatic

#4F461D #7C6E2E #A9953E #C5B260 #D5C78C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#A9953E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#A9953E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9953E

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9953E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9953E	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9953e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 149, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.109 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b377',
    500: '#a9953e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9953e;
$custom-light: #c5b377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9953e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.785,
    "s": 46.32,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67046,
    "c": 0.10919,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9953E

secondary

#838EC0

accent

#6BD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9953E

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

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