#A98038#A98038

#A98038 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.102 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98038
RGB	rgb(169, 128, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 8.07, 44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 44.81, 79.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% 0.0196 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.102 79)
XYZ	xyz(24.7966, 24.1606, 7.0981)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98038 #3861A9

analogous

#A94838 #A98038 #9AA938

triadic

#A98038 #38A980 #8038A9

tetradic

#A98038 #38A948 #3861A9 #A9389A

square

#A98038 #38A948 #3861A9 #A9389A

split-complementary

#A98038 #389AA9 #4838A9

monochromatic

#4D3A1A #7B5D29 #A98038 #C79F57 #D7B985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#A98038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#A98038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98038

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98038	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)

#908130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 128, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.102 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a472',
    500: '#a98038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98038;
$custom-light: #c6a472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.23,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62581,
    "c": 0.10239,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.24159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98038

secondary

#7C95C0

accent

#81DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98038

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

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