#A98C20#A98C20

#A98C20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.123 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98C20
RGB	rgb(169, 140, 32)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 81.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, 0.24, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 56.87, 89.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% -0.0058 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.123 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0025, 27.2971, 5.2655)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98C20 #203DA9

analogous

#A94720 #A98C20 #82A920

triadic

#A98C20 #20A98C #8C20A9

tetradic

#A98C20 #20A947 #203DA9 #A92082

square

#A98C20 #20A947 #203DA9 #A92082

split-complementary

#A98C20 #2082A9 #4720A9

monochromatic

#42370D #766116 #A98C20 #D8B42F #E1C662

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A98C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#A98C20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98C20

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98C20	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)

#9C8A03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 140, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.123 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ad66',
    500: '#a98c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98c20;
$custom-light: #c7ad66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.299,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64886,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98C20

secondary

#5F75C6

accent

#62EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98C20

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

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