#A98927#A98927

#A98927 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.118 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98927
RGB	rgb(169, 137, 39)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 76.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, 2.16, 53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 53.75, 87.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% 0.0004 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.118 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6756, 26.4745, 5.6768)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98927 #2747A9

analogous

#A94827 #A98927 #88A927

triadic

#A98927 #27A989 #8927A9

tetradic

#A98927 #27A948 #2747A9 #A92788

square

#A98927 #27A948 #2747A9 #A92788

split-complementary

#A98927 #2788A9 #4827A9

monochromatic

#463810 #77611C #A98927 #D2AD3B #DDC26D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#A98927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#A98927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98927

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98927	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)

#998716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 137, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.118 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab69',
    500: '#a98927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98927;
$custom-light: #c7ab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64296,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98927

secondary

#687FC4

accent

#6AE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98927

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

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