#A98B39#A98B39

#A98B39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.106 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98B39
RGB	rgb(169, 139, 57)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 66.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 2.01, 46.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 46.80, 87.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% 0.0021 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.106 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3347, 27.1972, 7.7326)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98B39 #3957A9

analogous

#A95339 #A98B39 #8FA939

triadic

#A98B39 #39A98B #8B39A9

tetradic

#A98B39 #39A953 #3957A9 #A9398F

square

#A98B39 #39A953 #3957A9 #A9398F

split-complementary

#A98B39 #398FA9 #5339A9

monochromatic

#4D401A #7B652A #A98B39 #C7A958 #D6C186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A98B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#A98B39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98B39

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98B39	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 139, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.106 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ac73',
    500: '#a98b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98b39;
$custom-light: #c6ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.929,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64869,
    "c": 0.10638,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98B39

secondary

#7E8FC0

accent

#74D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98B39

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

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