#A98822#A98822

#A98822 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.120 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98822
RGB	rgb(169, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, 2.52, 55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 55.31, 87.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.0009 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.12 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4566, 26.1605, 5.2217)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98822 #2243A9

analogous

#A94422 #A98822 #87A922

triadic

#A98822 #22A988 #8822A9

tetradic

#A98822 #22A944 #2243A9 #A92287

square

#A98822 #22A944 #2243A9 #A92287

split-complementary

#A98822 #2287A9 #4422A9

monochromatic

#43360D #765F18 #A98822 #D6AE32 #E0C265

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#A98822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#A98822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98822

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98822	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99870B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.120 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7aa66',
    500: '#a98822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98822;
$custom-light: #c7aa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64054,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98822

secondary

#617AC5

accent

#68E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98822

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

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