#A98B2B#A98B2B

#A98B2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.116 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98B2B
RGB	rgb(169, 139, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, 1.24, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 52.71, 88.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% -0.0018 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.116 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0323, 27.0763, 6.1401)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98B2B #2B49A9

analogous

#A94C2B #A98B2B #88A92B

triadic

#A98B2B #2BA98B #8B2BA9

tetradic

#A98B2B #2BA94C #2B49A9 #A92B88

square

#A98B2B #2BA94C #2B49A9 #A92B88

split-complementary

#A98B2B #2B88A9 #4C2BA9

monochromatic

#473B12 #78631F #A98B2B #CFAD42 #DBC373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A98B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#A98B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98B2B

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98B2B	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)

#9B891C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 139, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.116 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ac6b',
    500: '#a98b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98b2b;
$custom-light: #c6ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64746,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98B2B

secondary

#6D81C3

accent

#6BE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98B2B

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

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