#A98C43#A98C43

#A98C43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.098 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98C43
RGB	rgb(169, 140, 67)
HSL	hsl(43, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 60.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, 2.15, 42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 42.42, 87.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.0038 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.098 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7546, 27.5979, 9.2268)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98C43 #4360A9

analogous

#A95943 #A98C43 #93A943

triadic

#A98C43 #43A98C #8C43A9

tetradic

#A98C43 #43A959 #4360A9 #A94393

square

#A98C43 #43A959 #4360A9 #A94393

split-complementary

#A98C43 #4393A9 #5943A9

monochromatic

#514320 #7D6832 #A98C43 #C3A867 #D4C192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#A98C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#A98C43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98C43

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98C43	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 140, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.098 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ad7a',
    500: '#a98c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98c43;
$custom-light: #c5ad7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.941,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65191,
    "c": 0.09847,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98C43

secondary

#8898BF

accent

#79D355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98C43

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

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