#A98D38#A98D38

#A98D38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.108 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98D38
RGB	rgb(169, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, 0.85, 47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 47.79, 88.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.0014 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.108 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6022, 27.7718, 7.6999)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98D38 #3854A9

analogous

#A95538 #A98D38 #8DA938

triadic

#A98D38 #38A98D #8D38A9

tetradic

#A98D38 #38A955 #3854A9 #A9388D

square

#A98D38 #38A955 #3854A9 #A9388D

split-complementary

#A98D38 #388DA9 #5538A9

monochromatic

#4D401A #7B6729 #A98D38 #C7AB57 #D7C285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A98D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#A98D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98D38

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98D38	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	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)

#9C8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.108 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae73',
    500: '#a98d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98d38;
$custom-light: #c6ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.133,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65281,
    "c": 0.10838,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98D38

secondary

#7C8DC0

accent

#71DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98D38

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

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