#A98221#A98221

#A98221 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.118 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98221
RGB	rgb(169, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, 5.81, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 54.47, 83.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% 0.0102 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.118 85)
XYZ	xyz(24.6209, 24.5119, 4.8731)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98221 #2148A9

analogous

#A93E21 #A98221 #8CA921

triadic

#A98221 #21A982 #8221A9

tetradic

#A98221 #21A93E #2148A9 #A9218C

square

#A98221 #21A93E #2148A9 #A9218C

split-complementary

#A98221 #218CA9 #3E21A9

monochromatic

#43330D #765B17 #A98221 #D7A731 #E1BD64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#A98221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#A98221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98221

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98221	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93820C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.118 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a665',
    500: '#a98221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98221;
$custom-light: #c7a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.794,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62799,
    "c": 0.11782,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.2451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98221

secondary

#607DC6

accent

#6FEA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98221

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

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