#A98B36#A98B36

#A98B36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.109 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98B36
RGB	rgb(169, 139, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 68%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 1.83, 48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 48.13, 87.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.0012 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.109 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2620, 27.1682, 7.3500)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98B36 #3654A9

analogous

#A95136 #A98B36 #8DA936

triadic

#A98B36 #36A98B #8B36A9

tetradic

#A98B36 #36A951 #3654A9 #A9368D

square

#A98B36 #36A951 #3654A9 #A9368D

split-complementary

#A98B36 #368DA9 #5136A9

monochromatic

#4C3F18 #7B6527 #A98B36 #C8AA54 #D7C182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A98B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#A98B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98B36

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98B36	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 139, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.109 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ac71',
    500: '#a98b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98b36;
$custom-light: #c6ac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.348,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6484,
    "c": 0.10872,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98B36

secondary

#7A8DC1

accent

#72DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98B36

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

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