#A98B22#A98B22

#A98B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.122 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98B22
RGB	rgb(169, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, 0.86, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 55.98, 89.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.0039 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.122 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8851, 27.0174, 5.3645)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98B22 #2240A9

analogous

#A94822 #A98B22 #83A922

triadic

#A98B22 #22A98B #8B22A9

tetradic

#A98B22 #22A948 #2240A9 #A92283

square

#A98B22 #22A948 #2240A9 #A92283

split-complementary

#A98B22 #2283A9 #4822A9

monochromatic

#43370D #766118 #A98B22 #D6B232 #E0C565

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A98B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#A98B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98B22

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98B22	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)

#9B8909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.122 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac66',
    500: '#a98b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98b22;
$custom-light: #c7ac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64686,
    "c": 0.12157,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98B22

secondary

#6178C5

accent

#64E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98B22

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

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