#A98B43#A98B43

#A98B43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.098 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98B43
RGB	rgb(169, 139, 67)
HSL	hsl(42, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 60.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, 2.71, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 42.15, 86.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% 0.0054 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.098 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6092, 27.3070, 9.1783)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98B43 #4361A9

analogous

#A95843 #A98B43 #94A943

triadic

#A98B43 #43A98B #8B43A9

tetradic

#A98B43 #43A958 #4361A9 #A94394

square

#A98B43 #43A958 #4361A9 #A94394

split-complementary

#A98B43 #4394A9 #5843A9

monochromatic

#514320 #7D6732 #A98B43 #C3A867 #D4C192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A98B43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#A98B43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98B43

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98B43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98B43	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98b43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 139, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.098 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ac79',
    500: '#a98b43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98b43;
$custom-light: #c5ac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98b43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64982,
    "c": 0.0979,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98B43

secondary

#8899BF

accent

#7AD355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98B43

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

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