#A9983D#A9983D

#A9983D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.113 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9983D
RGB	rgb(169, 152, 61)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 63.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -4.83, 48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 48.99, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% -0.017 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.113 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4339, 31.2297, 8.9442)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9983D #3D4EA9

analogous

#A9623D #A9983D #84A93D

triadic

#A9983D #3DA998 #983DA9

tetradic

#A9983D #3DA962 #3D4EA9 #A93D84

square

#A9983D #3DA962 #3D4EA9 #A93D84

split-complementary

#A9983D #3D84A9 #623DA9

monochromatic

#4F471D #7C702D #A9983D #C5B55E #D5CA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A9983D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A9983D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9983D

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9983D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9983D	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9983d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 152, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.113 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b677',
    500: '#a9983d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9983d;
$custom-light: #c5b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9983d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.556,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67682,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9983D

secondary

#828CC0

accent

#66D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9983D

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

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