#A98922#A98922

#A98922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.120 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98922
RGB	rgb(169, 137, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, 1.96, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 55.53, 87.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% -0.0007 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.12 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5981, 26.4435, 5.2689)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98922 #2242A9

analogous

#A94622 #A98922 #85A922

triadic

#A98922 #22A989 #8922A9

tetradic

#A98922 #22A946 #2242A9 #A92285

square

#A98922 #22A946 #2242A9 #A92285

split-complementary

#A98922 #2285A9 #4622A9

monochromatic

#43360D #766018 #A98922 #D6AF32 #E0C365

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#A98922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#A98922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98922

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98922	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99870B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 137, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.120 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab66',
    500: '#a98922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98922;
$custom-light: #c7ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64264,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98922

secondary

#6179C5

accent

#67E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98922

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

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