#A98022#A98022

#A98022 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.117 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98022
RGB	rgb(169, 128, 34)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, 6.97, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 53.78, 82.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% 0.0136 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.117 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3717, 23.9907, 4.8601)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98022 #224BA9

analogous

#A93D22 #A98022 #8EA922

triadic

#A98022 #22A980 #8022A9

tetradic

#A98022 #22A93D #224BA9 #A9228E

square

#A98022 #22A93D #224BA9 #A9228E

split-complementary

#A98022 #228EA9 #3D22A9

monochromatic

#43330D #765918 #A98022 #D6A432 #E0BB65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#A98022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#A98022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98022

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98022	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91800F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 128, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.117 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a465',
    500: '#a98022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98022;
$custom-light: #c7a465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62394,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98022

secondary

#6180C5

accent

#72E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98022

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

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