#A98A2E#A98A2E

#A98A2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.114 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98A2E
RGB	rgb(169, 138, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, 1.94, 51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 51.27, 87.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% 0.0005 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.114 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9453, 26.8108, 6.3927)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98A2E #2E4DA9

analogous

#A94D2E #A98A2E #8BA92E

triadic

#A98A2E #2EA98A #8A2EA9

tetradic

#A98A2E #2EA94D #2E4DA9 #A92E8B

square

#A98A2E #2EA94D #2E4DA9 #A92E8B

split-complementary

#A98A2E #2E8BA9 #4D2EA9

monochromatic

#493B14 #796321 #A98A2E #CDAB47 #DAC177

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A98A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#A98A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98A2E

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98A2E	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)

#9A8821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 138, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.114 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ab6d',
    500: '#a98a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98a2e;
$custom-light: #c6ab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.878,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64559,
    "c": 0.11389,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98A2E

secondary

#7185C2

accent

#6EE047

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98A2E

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

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