#A98037#A98037

#A98037 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.103 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98037
RGB	rgb(169, 128, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, 8.01, 44.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 45.26, 79.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% 0.0193 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.103 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7724, 24.1510, 6.9705)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98037 #3760A9

analogous

#A94737 #A98037 #99A937

triadic

#A98037 #37A980 #8037A9

tetradic

#A98037 #37A947 #3760A9 #A93799

square

#A98037 #37A947 #3760A9 #A93799

split-complementary

#A98037 #3799A9 #4737A9

monochromatic

#4D3A19 #7B5D28 #A98037 #C89F55 #D7B984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#A98037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#A98037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98037

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98037	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90812F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 128, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.103 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a471',
    500: '#a98037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98037;
$custom-light: #c6a471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.421,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62571,
    "c": 0.10314,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98037

secondary

#7B94C0

accent

#80DA4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98037

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

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