#A98C49#A98C49

#A98C49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.093 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98C49
RGB	rgb(169, 140, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 56.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, 2.63, 39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 39.51, 86.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% 0.006 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.093 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9441, 27.6737, 10.2244)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98C49 #4966A9

analogous

#A95C49 #A98C49 #96A949

triadic

#A98C49 #49A98C #8C49A9

tetradic

#A98C49 #49A95C #4966A9 #A94996

square

#A98C49 #49A95C #4966A9 #A94996

split-complementary

#A98C49 #4996A9 #5C49A9

monochromatic

#544524 #7E6937 #A98C49 #C1A86F #D3C299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A98C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#A98C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98C49

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98C49	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 140, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.093 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ad7e',
    500: '#a98c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98c49;
$custom-light: #c5ad7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.875,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65268,
    "c": 0.09293,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98C49

secondary

#8E9DBF

accent

#7CD058

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98C49

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

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