#A98923#A98923

#A98923 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.120 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98923
RGB	rgb(169, 137, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, 2.00, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 55.18, 87.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0005 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.12 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6128, 26.4493, 5.3460)
Luminance	0.2645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98923 #2343A9

analogous

#A94623 #A98923 #86A923

triadic

#A98923 #23A989 #8923A9

tetradic

#A98923 #23A946 #2343A9 #A92386

square

#A98923 #23A946 #2343A9 #A92386

split-complementary

#A98923 #2386A9 #4623A9

monochromatic

#44370E #766019 #A98923 #D5AF34 #DFC367

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#A98923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#A98923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98923

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98923	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)

#99870D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 137, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.120 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab67',
    500: '#a98923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98923;
$custom-light: #c7ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6427,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98923

secondary

#637AC5

accent

#68E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98923

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

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