#A98737#A98737

#A98737 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.106 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98737
RGB	rgb(169, 135, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 4.10, 46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 46.70, 84.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% 0.0079 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.106 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7172, 26.0404, 7.2855)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98737 #3759A9

analogous

#A94E37 #A98737 #92A937

triadic

#A98737 #37A987 #8737A9

tetradic

#A98737 #37A94E #3759A9 #A93792

square

#A98737 #37A94E #3759A9 #A93792

split-complementary

#A98737 #3792A9 #4E37A9

monochromatic

#4D3D19 #7B6228 #A98737 #C8A655 #D7BE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#A98737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#A98737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98737

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98737	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97862E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 135, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.106 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a972',
    500: '#a98737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98737;
$custom-light: #c6a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.105,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64013,
    "c": 0.10583,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98737

secondary

#7B90C0

accent

#77DA4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98737

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

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