#A98C2F#A98C2F

#A98C2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.114 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98C2F
RGB	rgb(169, 140, 47)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 72.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, 0.89, 51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 51.36, 89.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0024 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.114 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2548, 27.3980, 6.5942)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98C2F #2F4CA9

analogous

#A94F2F #A98C2F #89A92F

triadic

#A98C2F #2FA98C #8C2FA9

tetradic

#A98C2F #2FA94F #2F4CA9 #A92F89

square

#A98C2F #2FA94F #2F4CA9 #A92F89

split-complementary

#A98C2F #2F89A9 #4F2FA9

monochromatic

#493D14 #796422 #A98C2F #CCAD49 #DAC379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A98C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#A98C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98C2F

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98C2F	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 140, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.114 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ad6d',
    500: '#a98c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98c2f;
$custom-light: #c6ad6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.738,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64988,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98C2F

secondary

#7285C2

accent

#6CE048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98C2F

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

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