#A98C36#A98C36

#A98C36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.109 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98C36
RGB	rgb(169, 140, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 68%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 1.28, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 48.40, 88.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.0004 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.109 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4075, 27.4591, 7.3985)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98C36 #3653A9

analogous

#A95236 #A98C36 #8CA936

triadic

#A98C36 #36A98C #8C36A9

tetradic

#A98C36 #36A952 #3653A9 #A9368C

square

#A98C36 #36A952 #3653A9 #A9368C

split-complementary

#A98C36 #368CA9 #5236A9

monochromatic

#4C3F18 #7B6627 #A98C36 #C8AB54 #D7C282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A98C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#A98C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98C36

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98C36	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 140, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.109 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ad71',
    500: '#a98c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98c36;
$custom-light: #c6ad71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.87,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6505,
    "c": 0.10931,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98C36

secondary

#7A8CC1

accent

#71DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98C36

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

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