#A98B2D#A98B2D

#A98B2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.115 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98B2D
RGB	rgb(169, 139, 45)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 1.34, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 51.92, 88.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.0013 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.115 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0699, 27.0913, 6.3381)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98B2D #2D4BA9

analogous

#A94D2D #A98B2D #89A92D

triadic

#A98B2D #2DA98B #8B2DA9

tetradic

#A98B2D #2DA94D #2D4BA9 #A92D89

square

#A98B2D #2DA94D #2D4BA9 #A92D89

split-complementary

#A98B2D #2D89A9 #4D2DA9

monochromatic

#483B13 #796320 #A98B2D #CEAD46 #DAC276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A98B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A98B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98B2D

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98B2D	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)

#9B891F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 139, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.115 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ac6c',
    500: '#a98b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98b2d;
$custom-light: #c6ac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.484,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64761,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98B2D

secondary

#6F84C2

accent

#6CE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98B2D

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

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