#A98A2C#A98A2C

#A98A2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.115 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98A2C
RGB	rgb(169, 138, 44)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, 1.84, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 52.07, 87.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% 0 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.115 90)
XYZ	xyz(25.9068, 26.7954, 6.1899)
Luminance	0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98A2C #2C4BA9

analogous

#A94C2C #A98A2C #8AA92C

triadic

#A98A2C #2CA98A #8A2CA9

tetradic

#A98A2C #2CA94C #2C4BA9 #A92C8A

square

#A98A2C #2CA94C #2C4BA9 #A92C8A

split-complementary

#A98A2C #2C8AA9 #4C2CA9

monochromatic

#483B13 #78621F #A98A2C #CEAC44 #DBC274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A98A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#A98A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98A2C

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98A2C	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)

#9A881E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 138, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.115 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ab6b',
    500: '#a98a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98a2c;
$custom-light: #c6ab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.12,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64543,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.26794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98A2C

secondary

#6E83C3

accent

#6DE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98A2C

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

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