#A98A2B#A98A2B

#A98A2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.116 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98A2B
RGB	rgb(169, 138, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, 1.79, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 52.46, 88.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% -0.0002 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.116 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8882, 26.7880, 6.0921)
Luminance	0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98A2B #2B4AA9

analogous

#A94B2B #A98A2B #89A92B

triadic

#A98A2B #2BA98A #8A2BA9

tetradic

#A98A2B #2BA94B #2B4AA9 #A92B89

square

#A98A2B #2BA94B #2B4AA9 #A92B89

split-complementary

#A98A2B #2B89A9 #4B2BA9

monochromatic

#473A12 #78621F #A98A2B #CFAC42 #DBC273

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A98A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#A98A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98A2B

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98A2B	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A881C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 138, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.116 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab6b',
    500: '#a98a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98a2b;
$custom-light: #c7ab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.238,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64535,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98A2B

secondary

#6D82C3

accent

#6CE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98A2B

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

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