#A9993C#A9993C

#A9993C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.114 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9993C
RGB	rgb(169, 153, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 64.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, -5.43, 49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 49.78, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.0189 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.114 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5702, 31.5450, 8.8580)
Luminance	0.3154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9993C #3C4CA9

analogous

#A9633C #A9993C #82A93C

triadic

#A9993C #3CA999 #993CA9

tetradic

#A9993C #3CA963 #3C4CA9 #A93C82

square

#A9993C #3CA963 #3C4CA9 #A93C82

split-complementary

#A9993C #3C82A9 #633CA9

monochromatic

#4F471C #7C702C #A9993C #C5B65D #D5CA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A9993C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#A9993C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9993C

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9993C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9993C	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)

#A79531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9993c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 153, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.114 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b676',
    500: '#a9993c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9993c;
$custom-light: #c5b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9993c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.193,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67889,
    "c": 0.11419,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9993C

secondary

#818AC0

accent

#64D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9993C

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

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