#A98B46#A98B46

#A98B46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.095 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98B46
RGB	rgb(169, 139, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 58.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, 2.94, 40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 40.70, 85.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.0065 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.095 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7015, 27.3440, 9.6647)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98B46 #4664A9

analogous

#A95946 #A98B46 #96A946

triadic

#A98B46 #46A98B #8B46A9

tetradic

#A98B46 #46A959 #4664A9 #A94696

square

#A98B46 #46A959 #4664A9 #A94696

split-complementary

#A98B46 #4696A9 #5946A9

monochromatic

#524422 #7E6734 #A98B46 #C2A76B #D3C196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A98B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#A98B46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98B46

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98B46	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 139, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.095 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ac7b',
    500: '#a98b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98b46;
$custom-light: #c5ac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 41.423,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65019,
    "c": 0.09517,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98B46

secondary

#8B9BBF

accent

#7CD157

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98B46

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

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