#A9983C#A9983C

#A9983C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.113 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9983C
RGB	rgb(169, 152, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 64.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, -4.89, 49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 49.44, 95.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0174 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.113 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4072, 31.2190, 8.8036)
Luminance	0.3122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9983C #3C4DA9

analogous

#A9613C #A9983C #84A93C

triadic

#A9983C #3CA998 #983CA9

tetradic

#A9983C #3CA961 #3C4DA9 #A93C84

square

#A9983C #3CA961 #3C4DA9 #A93C84

split-complementary

#A9983C #3C84A9 #613CA9

monochromatic

#4F471C #7C6F2C #A9983C #C5B55D #D5CA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A9983C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#A9983C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9983C

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9983C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9983C	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9983c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 152, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.113 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b676',
    500: '#a9983c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9983c;
$custom-light: #c5b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9983c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.642,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67672,
    "c": 0.11334,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9983C

secondary

#818BC0

accent

#66D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9983C

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

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