#A98A20#A98A20

#A98A20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.122 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98A20
RGB	rgb(169, 138, 32)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 81.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, 1.34, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 56.41, 88.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.0027 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.122 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7129, 26.7179, 5.1690)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98A20 #203FA9

analogous

#A94520 #A98A20 #84A920

triadic

#A98A20 #20A98A #8A20A9

tetradic

#A98A20 #20A945 #203FA9 #A92084

square

#A98A20 #20A945 #203FA9 #A92084

split-complementary

#A98A20 #2084A9 #4520A9

monochromatic

#42360D #766016 #A98A20 #D8B12F #E1C562

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A98A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#A98A20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98A20

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98A20	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)

#9A8805

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 138, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.122 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab65',
    500: '#a98a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98a20;
$custom-light: #c7ab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.423,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64463,
    "c": 0.12202,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98A20

secondary

#5F76C6

accent

#64EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98A20

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

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