#A98C2B#A98C2B

#A98C2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.117 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98C2B
RGB	rgb(169, 140, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, 0.69, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 52.96, 89.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% -0.0034 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.117 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1778, 27.3672, 6.1886)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98C2B #2B48A9

analogous

#A94D2B #A98C2B #87A92B

triadic

#A98C2B #2BA98C #8C2BA9

tetradic

#A98C2B #2BA94D #2B48A9 #A92B87

square

#A98C2B #2BA94D #2B48A9 #A92B87

split-complementary

#A98C2B #2B87A9 #4D2BA9

monochromatic

#473B12 #78641F #A98C2B #CFAF42 #DBC373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A98C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#A98C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98C2B

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98C2B	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	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)

#9C8A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 140, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.117 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ad6b',
    500: '#a98c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98c2b;
$custom-light: #c6ad6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64957,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98C2B

secondary

#6D81C3

accent

#69E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98C2B

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

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