#A98231#A98231

#A98231 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.108 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98231
RGB	rgb(169, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 71%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.71, 6.54, 47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.71, 48.26, 82.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.0142 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.108 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9007, 24.6238, 6.3465)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98231 #3158A9

analogous

#A94631 #A98231 #94A931

triadic

#A98231 #31A982 #8231A9

tetradic

#A98231 #31A946 #3158A9 #A93194

square

#A98231 #31A946 #3158A9 #A93194

split-complementary

#A98231 #3194A9 #4631A9

monochromatic

#4A3915 #7A5E23 #A98231 #CBA24C #D9BB7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#A98231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#A98231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98231

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98231	1.00	3.54	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.108 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a66e',
    500: '#a98231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98231;
$custom-light: #c6a66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62921,
    "c": 0.10815,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98231

secondary

#748DC1

accent

#7ADE49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98231

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

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