#A98939#A98939

#A98939 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.105 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98939
RGB	rgb(169, 137, 57)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 66.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, 3.12, 46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 46.29, 86.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% 0.0053 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.105 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0477, 26.6233, 7.6370)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98939 #3959A9

analogous

#A95139 #A98939 #91A939

triadic

#A98939 #39A989 #8939A9

tetradic

#A98939 #39A951 #3959A9 #A93991

square

#A98939 #39A951 #3959A9 #A93991

split-complementary

#A98939 #3991A9 #5139A9

monochromatic

#4D3F1A #7B642A #A98939 #C7A758 #D6BF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#A98939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#A98939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98939

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98939	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)

#988830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 137, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.105 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ab73',
    500: '#a98939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98939;
$custom-light: #c6ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6445,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98939

secondary

#7E91C0

accent

#76D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98939

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

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