#A98D22#A98D22

#A98D22 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	#A98D22
RGB	rgb(169, 141, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, -0.24, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 56.46, 90.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% -0.007 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.123 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1773, 27.6018, 5.4620)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98D22 #223EA9

analogous

#A94A22 #A98D22 #81A922

triadic

#A98D22 #22A98D #8D22A9

tetradic

#A98D22 #22A94A #223EA9 #A92281

square

#A98D22 #22A94A #223EA9 #A92281

split-complementary

#A98D22 #2281A9 #4A22A9

monochromatic

#43380D #766218 #A98D22 #D6B432 #E0C765

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#A98D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#A98D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98D22

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98D22	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)

#9D8B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 141, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.123 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ad67',
    500: '#a98d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98d22;
$custom-light: #c7ad67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65109,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98D22

secondary

#6176C5

accent

#62E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98D22

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

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