#A98937#A98937

#A98937 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.107 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98937
RGB	rgb(169, 137, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, 2.99, 47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 47.18, 86.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% 0.0047 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.107 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9988, 26.6038, 7.3793)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98937 #3757A9

analogous

#A95037 #A98937 #90A937

triadic

#A98937 #37A989 #8937A9

tetradic

#A98937 #37A950 #3757A9 #A93790

square

#A98937 #37A950 #3757A9 #A93790

split-complementary

#A98937 #3790A9 #5037A9

monochromatic

#4D3E19 #7B6428 #A98937 #C8A855 #D7BF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#A98937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#A98937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98937

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98937	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98882D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 137, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.107 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ab72',
    500: '#a98937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98937;
$custom-light: #c6ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.158,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6443,
    "c": 0.10684,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98937

secondary

#7B8FC0

accent

#75DA4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98937

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

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