#A98C31#A98C31

#A98C31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.113 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98C31
RGB	rgb(169, 140, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 71%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 0.99, 50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 50.54, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0018 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.113 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2961, 27.4145, 6.8116)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98C31 #314EA9

analogous

#A95031 #A98C31 #8AA931

triadic

#A98C31 #31A98C #8C31A9

tetradic

#A98C31 #31A950 #314EA9 #A9318A

square

#A98C31 #31A950 #314EA9 #A9318A

split-complementary

#A98C31 #318AA9 #5031A9

monochromatic

#4A3D15 #7A6523 #A98C31 #CBAC4C #D9C27C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A98C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#A98C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98C31

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98C31	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)

#9C8A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 140, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.113 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ad6e',
    500: '#a98c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98c31;
$custom-light: #c6ad6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65005,
    "c": 0.11298,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98C31

secondary

#7487C1

accent

#6DDE49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98C31

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

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