#A98D2B#A98D2B

#A98D2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.118 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98D2B
RGB	rgb(169, 141, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 0.14, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 53.21, 89.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% -0.005 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.118 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3246, 27.6607, 6.2375)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98D2B #2B47A9

analogous

#A94E2B #A98D2B #86A92B

triadic

#A98D2B #2BA98D #8D2BA9

tetradic

#A98D2B #2BA94E #2B47A9 #A92B86

square

#A98D2B #2BA94E #2B47A9 #A92B86

split-complementary

#A98D2B #2B86A9 #4E2BA9

monochromatic

#473C12 #78641F #A98D2B #CFB042 #DBC473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#A98D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#A98D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98D2B

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98D2B	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	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)

#9D8B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 141, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.118 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae6b',
    500: '#a98d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98d2b;
$custom-light: #c6ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65169,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98D2B

secondary

#6D80C3

accent

#68E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98D2B

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

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