#A98138#A98138

#A98138 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.103 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98138
RGB	rgb(169, 129, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, 7.51, 44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 44.99, 80.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.018 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.103 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9277, 24.4228, 7.1418)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98138 #3860A9

analogous

#A94938 #A98138 #99A938

triadic

#A98138 #38A981 #8138A9

tetradic

#A98138 #38A949 #3860A9 #A93899

square

#A98138 #38A949 #3860A9 #A93899

split-complementary

#A98138 #3899A9 #4938A9

monochromatic

#4D3B1A #7B5E29 #A98138 #C7A057 #D7BA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#A98138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#A98138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98138

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98138	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 129, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.103 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a572',
    500: '#a98138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98138;
$custom-light: #c6a572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.761,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62785,
    "c": 0.10267,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98138

secondary

#7C94C0

accent

#80DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98138

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

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