#A98A22#A98A22

#A98A22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.121 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98A22
RGB	rgb(169, 138, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, 1.41, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 55.75, 88.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% -0.0023 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.121 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7409, 26.7291, 5.3165)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98A22 #2241A9

analogous

#A94622 #A98A22 #85A922

triadic

#A98A22 #22A98A #8A22A9

tetradic

#A98A22 #22A946 #2241A9 #A92285

square

#A98A22 #22A946 #2241A9 #A92285

split-complementary

#A98A22 #2285A9 #4622A9

monochromatic

#43370D #766018 #A98A22 #D6B032 #E0C465

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A98A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#A98A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98A22

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98A22	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A880A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 138, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.121 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab66',
    500: '#a98a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98a22;
$custom-light: #c7ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.222,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64474,
    "c": 0.12101,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98A22

secondary

#6178C5

accent

#66E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98A22

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

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