#A9983E#A9983E

#A9983E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.112 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9983E
RGB	rgb(169, 152, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 63.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -4.76, 48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 48.54, 95.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.0167 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.112 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4611, 31.2406, 9.0874)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9983E #3E4FA9

analogous

#A9623E #A9983E #85A93E

triadic

#A9983E #3EA998 #983EA9

tetradic

#A9983E #3EA962 #3E4FA9 #A93E85

square

#A9983E #3EA962 #3E4FA9 #A93E85

split-complementary

#A9983E #3E85A9 #623EA9

monochromatic

#4F471D #7C702E #A9983E #C5B560 #D5C98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A9983E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A9983E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9983E

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9983E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9983E	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)

#A69434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9983e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 152, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.112 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b677',
    500: '#a9983e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9983e;
$custom-light: #c5b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9983e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.467,
    "s": 46.32,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67693,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9983E

secondary

#838DC0

accent

#67D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9983E

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

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