#A98C39#A98C39

#A98C39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.107 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98C39
RGB	rgb(169, 140, 57)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 66.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, 1.46, 47.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 47.07, 88.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% 0.0005 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.107 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4801, 27.4881, 7.7811)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98C39 #3956A9

analogous

#A95439 #A98C39 #8EA939

triadic

#A98C39 #39A98C #8C39A9

tetradic

#A98C39 #39A954 #3956A9 #A9398E

square

#A98C39 #39A954 #3956A9 #A9398E

split-complementary

#A98C39 #398EA9 #5439A9

monochromatic

#4D401A #7B662A #A98C39 #C7AA58 #D6C286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A98C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#A98C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98C39

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98C39	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 140, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.107 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ad73',
    500: '#a98c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98c39;
$custom-light: #c6ad73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.464,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6508,
    "c": 0.10697,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98C39

secondary

#7E8FC0

accent

#73D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98C39

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

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