#A98538#A98538

#A98538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.104 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98538
RGB	rgb(169, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 5.28, 45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 45.80, 83.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% 0.0115 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.104 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4650, 25.4973, 7.3208)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98538 #385CA9

analogous

#A94D38 #A98538 #95A938

triadic

#A98538 #38A985 #8538A9

tetradic

#A98538 #38A94D #385CA9 #A93895

square

#A98538 #38A94D #385CA9 #A93895

split-complementary

#A98538 #3895A9 #4D38A9

monochromatic

#4D3D1A #7B6129 #A98538 #C7A357 #D7BD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A98538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#A98538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98538

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98538	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95852F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.104 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a872',
    500: '#a98538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98538;
$custom-light: #c6a872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.885,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63608,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98538

secondary

#7C92C0

accent

#7BDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98538

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

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