#A98B20#A98B20

#A98B20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.123 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98B20
RGB	rgb(169, 139, 32)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 81.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, 0.79, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 56.64, 89.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% -0.0043 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.123 92)
XYZ	xyz(25.8570, 27.0062, 5.2170)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98B20 #203EA9

analogous

#A94620 #A98B20 #83A920

triadic

#A98B20 #20A98B #8B20A9

tetradic

#A98B20 #20A946 #203EA9 #A92083

square

#A98B20 #20A946 #203EA9 #A92083

split-complementary

#A98B20 #2083A9 #4620A9

monochromatic

#42360D #766116 #A98B20 #D8B32F #E1C562

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A98B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#A98B20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98B20

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98B20	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8904

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 139, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.123 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac66',
    500: '#a98b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98b20;
$custom-light: #c7ac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.861,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64674,
    "c": 0.12257,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.27005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98B20

secondary

#5F75C6

accent

#63EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98B20

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

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