#A98B31#A98B31

#A98B31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.112 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98B31
RGB	rgb(169, 139, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 71%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, 1.54, 50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 50.28, 88.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% -0.0002 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.112 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1506, 27.1236, 6.7631)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98B31 #314FA9

analogous

#A94F31 #A98B31 #8BA931

triadic

#A98B31 #31A98B #8B31A9

tetradic

#A98B31 #31A94F #314FA9 #A9318B

square

#A98B31 #31A94F #314FA9 #A9318B

split-complementary

#A98B31 #318BA9 #4F31A9

monochromatic

#4A3D15 #7A6423 #A98B31 #CBAB4C #D9C27C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A98B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A98B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98B31

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98B31	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)

#9B8925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 139, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.112 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ac6e',
    500: '#a98b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98b31;
$custom-light: #c6ac6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64794,
    "c": 0.11239,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98B31

secondary

#7488C1

accent

#6FDE49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98B31

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

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