#A98942#A98942

#A98942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.098 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98942
RGB	rgb(169, 137, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 60.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, 3.74, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 42.10, 84.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.0083 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.098 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2925, 26.7212, 8.9261)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98942 #4262A9

analogous

#A95542 #A98942 #95A942

triadic

#A98942 #42A989 #8942A9

tetradic

#A98942 #42A955 #4262A9 #A94295

square

#A98942 #42A955 #4262A9 #A94295

split-complementary

#A98942 #4295A9 #5542A9

monochromatic

#514220 #7D6531 #A98942 #C3A665 #D4BF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A98942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#A98942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98942

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98942	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98883B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 137, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.098 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ab79',
    500: '#a98942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98942;
$custom-light: #c5ab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.359,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64551,
    "c": 0.0977,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98942

secondary

#8799C0

accent

#7CD454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98942

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

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