#A9993B#A9993B

#A9993B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.115 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9993B
RGB	rgb(169, 153, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 65.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, -5.50, 49.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 50.22, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.0192 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.115 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5440, 31.5345, 8.7201)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9993B #3B4BA9

analogous

#A9623B #A9993B #82A93B

triadic

#A9993B #3BA999 #993BA9

tetradic

#A9993B #3BA962 #3B4BA9 #A93B82

square

#A9993B #3BA962 #3B4BA9 #A93B82

split-complementary

#A9993B #3B82A9 #623BA9

monochromatic

#4E471B #7C702B #A9993B #C6B65B #D6CB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A9993B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#A9993B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9993B

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9993B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9993B	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9993b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 153, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.115 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b675',
    500: '#a9993b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9993b;
$custom-light: #c6b675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9993b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67879,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9993B

secondary

#8089C0

accent

#64D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9993B

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

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