#A98C2C#A98C2C

#A98C2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.116 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98C2C
RGB	rgb(169, 140, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 0.74, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 52.57, 89.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% -0.0031 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.116 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1963, 27.3746, 6.2864)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98C2C #2C49A9

analogous

#A94E2C #A98C2C #88A92C

triadic

#A98C2C #2CA98C #8C2CA9

tetradic

#A98C2C #2CA94E #2C49A9 #A92C88

square

#A98C2C #2CA94E #2C49A9 #A92C88

split-complementary

#A98C2C #2C88A9 #4E2CA9

monochromatic

#483C13 #78641F #A98C2C #CEAE44 #DBC374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A98C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#A98C2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98C2C

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98C2C	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)

#9C8A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 140, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.116 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ad6c',
    500: '#a98c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98c2c;
$custom-light: #c6ad6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.08,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64965,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98C2C

secondary

#6E82C3

accent

#6AE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98C2C

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

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