#A98B2C#A98B2C

#A98B2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.116 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98B2C
RGB	rgb(169, 139, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, 1.29, 52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 52.32, 88.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% -0.0016 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.116 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0509, 27.0837, 6.2379)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98B2C #2C4AA9

analogous

#A94D2C #A98B2C #89A92C

triadic

#A98B2C #2CA98B #8B2CA9

tetradic

#A98B2C #2CA94D #2C4AA9 #A92C89

square

#A98B2C #2CA94D #2C4AA9 #A92C89

split-complementary

#A98B2C #2C89A9 #4D2CA9

monochromatic

#483B13 #78631F #A98B2C #CEAD44 #DBC274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A98B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A98B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98B2C

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98B2C	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B891D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 139, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.116 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ac6c',
    500: '#a98b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98b2c;
$custom-light: #c6ac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64753,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98B2C

secondary

#6E82C3

accent

#6BE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98B2C

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

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