#A98438#A98438

#A98438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.104 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98438
RGB	rgb(169, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, 5.84, 45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 45.59, 82.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% 0.0131 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.104 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3287, 25.2248, 7.2754)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98438 #385DA9

analogous

#A94C38 #A98438 #96A938

triadic

#A98438 #38A984 #8438A9

tetradic

#A98438 #38A94C #385DA9 #A93896

square

#A98438 #38A94C #385DA9 #A93896

split-complementary

#A98438 #3896A9 #4C38A9

monochromatic

#4D3C1A #7B6029 #A98438 #C7A257 #D7BC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#A98438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#A98438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98438

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98438	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94842F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.104 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a772',
    500: '#a98438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98438;
$custom-light: #c6a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.354,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63401,
    "c": 0.10374,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98438

secondary

#7C93C0

accent

#7CDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98438

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

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