#A98A25#A98A25

#A98A25 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.119 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98A25
RGB	rgb(169, 138, 37)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 78.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, 1.53, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 54.71, 88.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% -0.0017 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.119 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7861, 26.7472, 5.5545)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98A25 #2544A9

analogous

#A94825 #A98A25 #86A925

triadic

#A98A25 #25A98A #8A25A9

tetradic

#A98A25 #25A948 #2544A9 #A92586

square

#A98A25 #25A948 #2544A9 #A92586

split-complementary

#A98A25 #2586A9 #4825A9

monochromatic

#45380F #77611A #A98A25 #D3AF38 #DEC36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A98A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#A98A25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98A25

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98A25	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)

#9A8811

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 138, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.119 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab68',
    500: '#a98a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98a25;
$custom-light: #c7ab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64493,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98A25

secondary

#657CC4

accent

#68E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98A25

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

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