#A9983F#A9983F

#A9983F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.111 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9983F
RGB	rgb(169, 152, 63)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 62.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, -4.69, 47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 48.09, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% -0.0164 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.111 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4888, 31.2516, 9.2332)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9983F #3F50A9

analogous

#A9633F #A9983F #85A93F

triadic

#A9983F #3FA998 #983FA9

tetradic

#A9983F #3FA963 #3F50A9 #A93F85

square

#A9983F #3FA963 #3F50A9 #A93F85

split-complementary

#A9983F #3F85A9 #633FA9

monochromatic

#50481E #7C702E #A9983F #C4B461 #D5C98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A9983F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A9983F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9983F

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9983F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9983F	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)

#A69435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9983f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 152, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.111 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b678',
    500: '#a9983f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9983f;
$custom-light: #c5b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9983f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.377,
    "s": 45.69,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67703,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9983F

secondary

#848EC0

accent

#67D552

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9983F

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

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