#A98B2E#A98B2E

#A98B2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.114 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98B2E
RGB	rgb(169, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, 1.39, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 51.52, 88.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.001 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.114 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0894, 27.0991, 6.4407)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98B2E #2E4CA9

analogous

#A94E2E #A98B2E #89A92E

triadic

#A98B2E #2EA98B #8B2EA9

tetradic

#A98B2E #2EA94E #2E4CA9 #A92E89

square

#A98B2E #2EA94E #2E4CA9 #A92E89

split-complementary

#A98B2E #2E89A9 #4E2EA9

monochromatic

#493C14 #796321 #A98B2E #CDAC47 #DAC277

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A98B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A98B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98B2E

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98B2E	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)

#9B8920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.114 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ac6d',
    500: '#a98b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98b2e;
$custom-light: #c6ac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64769,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98B2E

secondary

#7185C2

accent

#6DE047

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98B2E

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

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