#A98D37#A98D37

#A98D37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.109 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98D37
RGB	rgb(169, 141, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, 0.78, 48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 48.23, 89.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% -0.0017 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.109 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5780, 27.7621, 7.5724)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98D37 #3753A9

analogous

#A95437 #A98D37 #8CA937

triadic

#A98D37 #37A98D #8D37A9

tetradic

#A98D37 #37A954 #3753A9 #A9378C

square

#A98D37 #37A954 #3753A9 #A9378C

split-complementary

#A98D37 #378CA9 #5437A9

monochromatic

#4D4019 #7B6628 #A98D37 #C8AC55 #D7C284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A98D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#A98D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98D37

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98D37	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 141, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.109 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae72',
    500: '#a98d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98d37;
$custom-light: #c6ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65271,
    "c": 0.10916,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98D37

secondary

#7B8CC0

accent

#70DA4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98D37

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

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