#A98D21#A98D21

#A98D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.123 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98D21
RGB	rgb(169, 141, 33)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, -0.27, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 56.79, 90.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% -0.0072 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.123 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1631, 27.5962, 5.3871)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98D21 #213DA9

analogous

#A94921 #A98D21 #81A921

triadic

#A98D21 #21A98D #8D21A9

tetradic

#A98D21 #21A949 #213DA9 #A92181

square

#A98D21 #21A949 #213DA9 #A92181

split-complementary

#A98D21 #2181A9 #4921A9

monochromatic

#43380D #766217 #A98D21 #D7B431 #E1C764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#A98D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#A98D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98D21

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98D21	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)

#9D8B05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 141, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.123 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ad66',
    500: '#a98d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98d21;
$custom-light: #c7ad66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65104,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98D21

secondary

#6075C6

accent

#61EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98D21

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

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