#A98B27#A98B27

#A98B27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.119 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98B27
RGB	rgb(169, 139, 39)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 76.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, 1.06, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 54.22, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% -0.0028 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.119 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9625, 27.0483, 5.7724)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98B27 #2745A9

analogous

#A94A27 #A98B27 #86A927

triadic

#A98B27 #27A98B #8B27A9

tetradic

#A98B27 #27A94A #2745A9 #A92786

square

#A98B27 #27A94A #2745A9 #A92786

split-complementary

#A98B27 #2786A9 #4A27A9

monochromatic

#463910 #77621C #A98B27 #D2AF3B #DDC36D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A98B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#A98B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98B27

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98B27	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2922D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 139, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.119 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac69',
    500: '#a98b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98b27;
$custom-light: #c7ac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64717,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98B27

secondary

#687DC4

accent

#68E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98B27

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

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