#A98B2A#A98B2A

#A98B2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.117 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98B2A
RGB	rgb(169, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, 1.19, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 53.09, 88.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% -0.0021 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.117 91)
XYZ	xyz(26.0142, 27.0690, 6.0447)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98B2A #2A48A9

analogous

#A94C2A #A98B2A #88A92A

triadic

#A98B2A #2AA98B #8B2AA9

tetradic

#A98B2A #2AA94C #2A48A9 #A92A88

square

#A98B2A #2AA94C #2A48A9 #A92A88

split-complementary

#A98B2A #2A88A9 #4C2AA9

monochromatic

#473A12 #78631E #A98B2A #D0AE41 #DCC372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A98B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#A98B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98B2A

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98B2A	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	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)

#9B891A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2922F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.117 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac6a',
    500: '#a98b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98b2a;
$custom-light: #c7ac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64738,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.27067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98B2A

secondary

#6C80C3

accent

#6AE344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98B2A

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

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