#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
RGBrgb(169, 136, 34)
HSLhsl(45, 67%, 40%)
HSVhsv(45, 80%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19.5%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(58.19, 2.52, 55.25)
CIE-LCHlch(58.19, 55.31, 87.39°)
OKLaboklab(64.05% 0.0009 0.12)
OKLCHoklch(64.05% 0.12 89.6)
XYZxyz(25.4566, 26.1605, 5.2217)
Luminance0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##A988221.003.376.236.23
#FFFFFF3.371.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2321.001.001.00
##0000006.2321.001.001.00

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

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#A98822 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva