#A98D39#A98D39

#A98D39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.108 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98D39
RGB	rgb(169, 141, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 66.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, 0.91, 47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 47.34, 88.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% -0.0011 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.108 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6269, 27.7817, 7.8300)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98D39 #3955A9

analogous

#A95539 #A98D39 #8DA939

triadic

#A98D39 #39A98D #8D39A9

tetradic

#A98D39 #39A955 #3955A9 #A9398D

square

#A98D39 #39A955 #3955A9 #A9398D

split-complementary

#A98D39 #398DA9 #5539A9

monochromatic

#4D411A #7B672A #A98D39 #C7AB58 #D6C286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A98D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#A98D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98D39

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98D39	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 141, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.108 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae73',
    500: '#a98d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98d39;
$custom-light: #c6ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65291,
    "c": 0.10759,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98D39

secondary

#7E8EC0

accent

#71D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98D39

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

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