#A9993D#A9993D

#A9993D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.113 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9993D
RGB	rgb(169, 153, 61)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 63.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, -5.36, 49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 49.34, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.0186 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.113 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5969, 31.5557, 8.9985)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9993D #3D4DA9

analogous

#A9633D #A9993D #83A93D

triadic

#A9993D #3DA999 #993DA9

tetradic

#A9993D #3DA963 #3D4DA9 #A93D83

square

#A9993D #3DA963 #3D4DA9 #A93D83

split-complementary

#A9993D #3D83A9 #633DA9

monochromatic

#4F481D #7C702D #A9993D #C5B65E #D5CA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A9993D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#A9993D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9993D

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9993D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9993D	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)

#A79532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9993d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 153, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.113 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b677',
    500: '#a9993d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9993d;
$custom-light: #c5b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9993d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67899,
    "c": 0.11337,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9993D

secondary

#828BC0

accent

#65D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9993D

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

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