#A98C22#A98C22

#A98C22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.122 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98C22
RGB	rgb(169, 140, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, 0.31, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 56.22, 89.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% -0.0054 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.122 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0305, 27.3083, 5.4130)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98C22 #223FA9

analogous

#A94922 #A98C22 #83A922

triadic

#A98C22 #22A98C #8C22A9

tetradic

#A98C22 #22A949 #223FA9 #A92283

square

#A98C22 #22A949 #223FA9 #A92283

split-complementary

#A98C22 #2283A9 #4922A9

monochromatic

#43380D #766218 #A98C22 #D6B332 #E0C665

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A98C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#A98C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98C22

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98C22	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)

#9C8A09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 140, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.122 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ad67',
    500: '#a98c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98c22;
$custom-light: #c7ad67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.111,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64897,
    "c": 0.12215,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98C22

secondary

#6177C5

accent

#63E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98C22

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

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